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Why do I get this error on a phantom 3 standard?

For a 500 meter distance waypoint mission?

A 300 meter one worked fine. But I thought the phantom 3 had a max distance of 3km?

This is like the chip is telling me there's a 400-something meter range built in??

That doesn't seem right at all
 
A 300 meter one worked fine. But I thought the phantom 3 had a max distance of 3km?
While the max distance is greater, waypoint missions are limited to a 500 meter radius.
 
Thanks for the reply,

But that's such an impossibly small radius. Is that just for the Phantom 3 Standard?

What about the 3 Adv? Or Pro?

I think, for example, the Phantom 4 has a 5km range
 
It's a limit in the DJI GO app. Litchi does not have that limitation.
 
But I'm using the Github sample app here. I'm a Java developer.

So does that mean I can edit the max range in the DJI GO app, and then I could be able to fly longer missions with my Phantom 3 Standard?

Props to you for attempting this. Unless another person experienced with the SDK or developing applications outside of GO4 to interface with the system, I think about all the rest of us can say is it can be done – Litchi proves it – but how from a programming standpoint is going to be a much tougher nut to crack – here.

There are developer forums, I think hosted by DJI. You might try asking there. Anyone have any links for our friend?

Also, you might try posting over on the Phantom Pilots sister forum. Click on the "Phantom" link at the bottom of this page under "Calling all pilots!" banner.

Good luck!
 
Most likely it's one of 3 things:
1. The actual corner radius at ONE waypoint ...
2. The 3D distance between the home point and WP1 ...
3. The 3D distance between 2 consecutive waypoints ...
exceeds the limits.

The SDK limits for a Phantom 3 Pro are:
1. 0.2-999m
2. 0.6-1999m
3. 0.6-1999m
 
Ok thank you for the replies, they really mean a lot to me.

And this is a Phantom 3 Standard, not Pro

I’m in the Dominican Republic and i think there’s a 500m distance law here? Can anyone confirm if i have the right info on that?

Would that be the reason that it can’t go 500m in a mission? To be clear i have a waypoint each 100m. And i did one with 3 (300m total) which worked fine.

A work around im thinking of coding would be for it to land after 450m, for example, and start a new mission from there. Could that work?

Would trees block that? I test near a forest and i wasnt getting GPS signals back to my controller after only about 200m
:sob:


(My phantom 4 will accept 4km etc missions btw, and start to execute, but then seem to do Return To Home at 500m into the mission. And the Phantom 3 just won’t even accept uploading of a 500+ meter mission. It just gives that error)
 
Check if you have a distance limit set and active in your drone.
Page 37 in the User Manual.
 
Thanks, I did. Now it will upload and execute but when it gets about 500m out, it just seems to do a RTH.

Is it country specific? And it won't go past 500m on a mission? My phantom 4 behaves the same way and I know it has like a 4-7km range
 

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