Hey guys and gals. After some years i managed to buy my first drone. DJI Mavic Air. Right now i m back in my home city Kavala in Greece and I am running some tests to find the limits of Mavic Air as well as to train myself to become a pilot. I got a lot of stories to share with you, including attacks from seagulls, swallows, a helicopter, and probably some drone disabling device. For now though i will stick to some questions I can't answer myself.
1. Range. I use some range extenders bought from amazon for like 10 bucks in order to make sure i have a good stable connection with my drone. I've seen some videos with people flying Mavic Air for more than 3km before they get weak signal warnings. I only managed to get to 1000m or so before the aircraft disconnects (even with the extenders). Is there some kind of EU regulation that limits the signal strength in the EU? Note: i was very far away from any kind of WIFI interference. I was in the middle of nowhere in a peninsula, and I flew over the open sea.
2. At some point, I tried to follow some fishing boats about 700m away from where I was. At some point, the drone went out of sight, behind some rocks, so the signal got completely lost. The drone then tried to return home, only it took the wrong turn. It was not coming straight at the home point, instead, it was following back the route it had previously flown. Fortunately, I managed to regain control and bring it back manually. Check the video to see my flight log.
3. Sometimes when i turn on the remote, it does a strong beeping sound and it will not stop. Could this be because the phone is not well connected or not connected to the remote?
1. Range. I use some range extenders bought from amazon for like 10 bucks in order to make sure i have a good stable connection with my drone. I've seen some videos with people flying Mavic Air for more than 3km before they get weak signal warnings. I only managed to get to 1000m or so before the aircraft disconnects (even with the extenders). Is there some kind of EU regulation that limits the signal strength in the EU? Note: i was very far away from any kind of WIFI interference. I was in the middle of nowhere in a peninsula, and I flew over the open sea.
2. At some point, I tried to follow some fishing boats about 700m away from where I was. At some point, the drone went out of sight, behind some rocks, so the signal got completely lost. The drone then tried to return home, only it took the wrong turn. It was not coming straight at the home point, instead, it was following back the route it had previously flown. Fortunately, I managed to regain control and bring it back manually. Check the video to see my flight log.
3. Sometimes when i turn on the remote, it does a strong beeping sound and it will not stop. Could this be because the phone is not well connected or not connected to the remote?
