Mavic mini uk

[Shaun1983dji]

I’ve got a mavic mini and I am in the uk and how far have you people Managed to fly your drone in distance

 

[Alex Baxter]

Same CE 2.4 spec in Ireland, 1.2 km in a very rural area..

 

[Gkinghrn]

About 900 feet on the beach...

 

[Shaun1983dji]

How did you Manage to get it that far because my Mavic mini will only go about 400ft then lose Signal

 

[Alex Baxter]

I think it depends on the 'competing' WiFi sources interfering.

 

[Shaun1983dji]

Is there any chance you can make it go a bit further away or not

 

[Gkinghrn]

Put it into FCC mode seems to work ..lots of videos on it on youtube

 

[TDZHDTV]

1300m (once) rural area, turned around when video started to break up. Best stay within VLOS with this capable little drone as unfortunately at the moment it can be a little troublesome sometimes.

 

[Shaun1983dji]

How do you put it in fcc mode thank you

 

[scro]

Using the same UK spec model I've acheived 1150m in a rural area with very little other wifi about to cause interference. Signal was still OK so I could maybe have gone further, but a claim to be flying in visual line of sight beyond that kind of distance could be easily and scientifically refuted . This was on 2.4ghz. On 5.8Ghz usually start getting signal dropouts by about 700 - 900m.

 

[Shaun1983dji]

Thank you

 

[Alex Baxter]

Using the same UK spec model I've acheived 1150m in a rural area with very little other wifi about to cause interference. Signal was still OK so I could maybe have gone further, but a claim to be flying in visual line of sight beyond that kind of distance could be easily and scientifically refuted . This was on 2.4ghz. On 5.8Ghz usually start getting signal dropouts by about 700 - 900m.

That's what I've heard too, the 5.8Ghz is very low power compared to the USA spec, I believe the early models could be GPS hacked to high power 5.8Ghz, but not later models. I had to try the range out of curiosity and 1.2 km is more than enough. If I wanted more I'd send out my P3Pro or Mavic pro, this tiddler is not about range..

 

[Ajkari]

Interesting start to your dji minis life, testing its distance. Do you guys test your new smartphones waterproofness?

 

[Alex Baxter]

Interesting start to your dji minis life, testing its distance. Do you guys test your new smartphones waterproofness?

LOL, I hear what you're saying.. RTH is the equivalent to having a big bag of silica gel close at hand, but much more likely to work.

 

[NG Wildman]

I've been out around 800-900M in a semi-urban area. But my RTH was about 15M higher than the tallest trees with loads of battery left and flying with the wind on return.

 

[Smith2225]

I’ve got a mavic mini and I am in the uk and how far have you people Managed to fly your drone in distance

I got 3022 metres on the beach flying over water

 

[Gkinghrn]

How do you put it in fcc mode thank you

There are a few YouTube videos on it ..

 

[Smith2225]

There are a few YouTube videos on it ..

No I had it in ce mode, I had 13 channels

 

[scro]

3km is good going for the CE model! Did you use any enhancements to the stock antennas (reflector/clipon yagi/external antenna)?

 

[Smith2225]

3km is good going for the CE model! Did you use any enhancements to the stock antennas (reflector/clipon yagi/external antenna)?

No, I was very surprised myself. I'm new to all this and only have the mini combi set no add ons. I was flying out to an island so I guess hardly any interference