Official Mavic Pro Range Leaderboard!

MacIak · Feb 1, 2018

rcbanme said:
Can you review about this lipo. Is this effective to use for mavic mod!? Thanks!

NO!!!!! Stay away from this battery. Too heavy, too bulky, bad charge/ discharge character and wayyy too expensive. Trust me i tried 2 of em.

Neebles · Feb 1, 2018

So forgive my ignorance. Are the distances on the first page just one way, but the Mavic has to make the return trip home for the distance to count? Or is it a total of the out and back?

SkyNinja · Feb 1, 2018

Neebles said:
So forgive my ignorance. Are the distances on the first page just one way, but the Mavic has to make the return trip home for the distance to count? Or is it a total of the out and back?

You’re correct you have to make it back or your distance doesn’t count.

Neebles · Feb 1, 2018

SkyNinja said:
You’re correct you have to make it back or your distance doesn’t count.

Holy smokes so in all actuality, everyone on those lists flew twice the distance listed?

beanbubba · Feb 2, 2018

lolo780 said:
Definitely an advantage to keeping the motors and electronics cool, but you need to keep the battery temps up. Mainly a problem for the externals.
I'm putting insulation on my batteries and will heat them to 40c before flying.

https://www.amazon.com/Turnigy-Programmable-Lipo-Battery-Warmer/dp/B00USQVMKS

I ordered the battery warmer Lolo recommended and it worked ok and finally died this week. I went old school and ordered a standard heating pad and it way out performs and the price is right!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073DLFX9G/

rcbanme · Feb 2, 2018

MacIak said:
NO!!!!! Stay away from this battery. Too heavy, too bulky, bad charge/ discharge character and wayyy too expensive. Trust me i tried 2 of em.

I think we're spending a lot of money finding the right kind of battery for mavic battery mod! Why don't we use one inspire 5700 mah 6s for the mod. This battery is very high capacity/weight. I think it's about 19 if removed control board and case. About 11.4 ah for 600 g! !

Torchia32 · Feb 2, 2018

Titan atlas and battery mod
47,740
@JakeMaxxUAV

beanbubba · Feb 2, 2018

Torchia32 said:
Titan atlas and battery mod
47,740

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@JakeMaxxUAV

Great flight.

lolo780 · Feb 3, 2018

Torchia32 said:
Titan atlas and battery mod
47,740

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@JakeMaxxUAV

You could probably get better signal if you went past the houses into the open field.

Switching to non DJI battery will get rid of auto landing.

beanbubba · Feb 3, 2018

lolo780 said:
You could probably get better signal if you went past the houses into the open field.

Switching to non DJI battery will get rid of auto landing.

What he said...

SkyNinja · Feb 3, 2018

Torchia32 said:
Titan atlas and battery mod
47,740

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@JakeMaxxUAV

Great flight! What batteries were you flying with?

chazz · Feb 3, 2018

Hey @lolo780 can you tell me the exact time you lost signal? I'm workin on a theory.

CyberNate · Feb 3, 2018

Torchia32 said:
Titan atlas and battery mod
47,740

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@JakeMaxxUAV

That is a really good flight considering where you started from. Can't believe you got out that far flying right from a sub division of homes. You will see huge improvement of signal if you fly from an open area away from the homes. Then you can fly lower and save battery.

I also noticed you're flying a bit slow. If you get speed up to 32-34 mph you can cover more ground. Are you using Platinum props? You need Platinum to allow for more speed at less motor rpm.

chazz · Feb 3, 2018

@CyberNate looks like you and @lolo780 may be loosing signal at the exact same time...So it may be more of a "Flying Away from Home Time Limit" then a "Distance Limit"...

If this is the case there's an interesting setting in Assistant...

izzy · Feb 3, 2018

CyberNate said:
I can do that range. Just need a windless day. I've gotten close to 44,000 feet flight distance without too much effort and that was with wind and various direction changes. My furthest distance from controller so far is 15,696 feet on a windy day and I returned with 30% battery remaining. The key is keeping the rpm at 60% of max speed. In sports mode you can display the tach. Keep the tach right at the green/blue transition. An easier way is to use P mode rather than sport and disable obstacle avoidance. In this mode the max pitch (right stick full forward) is right at the optimal efficiency with, around 30-32 mph. I think I could get over 50,000 feet total distance in perfect conditions. I flew over a bay and I saw full signal the entire flight.

Thanks for the info!

SkyNinja · Feb 3, 2018

@Torchia32 what was the weather conditions for your flight? I'm assuming you flew out with the headwind and came back with a tailwind, since you did not turn around till 49% and still made it back with 10% battery left. That was pretty ballsy, I like it![emoji106]

CyberNate · Feb 3, 2018

chazz said:
@CyberNate looks like you and @lolo780 may be loosing signal at the exact same time...So it may be more of a "Flying Away from Home Time Limit" then a "Distance Limit"...

If this is the case there's an interesting setting in Assistant...

No, it's definitely a distance limit. I've tried different speeds. It's the same every time. Lolo flies much faster than I do.

chazz · Feb 3, 2018

CyberNate said:
No, it's definitely a distance limit. I've tried different speeds. It's the same every time. Lolo flies much faster than I do.

I could be way off but I have to question this… I only have two sources to go off of.
One is your video which if you pause it at 1:22 you’ll see the video is around 9 seconds ahead of your flight time in the app. If you then pause at 21:25 it’s where you lose signal. So 21:25 minus 9 seconds is 21:16 or 1276 seconds where the signal loss happens…

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The second is @lolo78 ‘s chart showing when it happened to him. Going by what I see of the known times in his chart it looks exactly half way between 1260 (the chart runs in 140 sec increments) and 1290 seconds (furthest distance) which is 1275 seconds...That could just as easily be 1276...

Weird coincidence, no?

beanbubba · Feb 4, 2018

chazz said:
I could be way off but I have to question this… I only have two sources to go off of.
One is your video which if you pause it at 1:22 you’ll see the video is around 9 seconds ahead of your flight time in the app. If you then pause at 21:25 it’s where you lose signal. So 21:25 minus 9 seconds is 21:16 or 1276 seconds where the signal loss happens…

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The second is @lolo78 ‘s chart showing when it happened to him. Going by what I see of the known times in his chart it looks exactly half way between 1260 (the chart runs in 140 sec increments) and 1290 seconds (furthest distance) which is 1275 seconds...That could just as easily be 1276...

Weird coincidence, no?View attachment 30416

That doesn't make sense from what we know... but you have peaked my attention nevertheless.

chazz · Feb 4, 2018

beanbubba said:
That doesn't make sense from what we know... but you have peaked my attention nevertheless.

It may not make sense but that's what I'm seeing based in the two sources we have to look at. 1275 is a number that would make sense for programming based on what I've read... I'm pretty sure about the flight time in the video but the chart can go either way but it does look like the line marked 1275 falls in the exact middle of the other two known numbers...Is anyone else seeing it or am i way off? Either way it would be helpful if @lolo780 would post a few more graphs with a measurement at the exact time of the signal loss..