Hey, if it's your land, do what you want I reckon.
It might be your land but it ain't your sky. Otherwise I would be able to charge a toll every time a plane flies over my house. You don't own the sky over your land.
Range on Mavic Mini
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It might be your land but it ain't your sky. Otherwise I would be able to charge a toll every time a plane flies over my house. You don't own the sky over your land.
OptikN3rv
Member
I believe the max range I have seen on youtube was 44200ft though I believe they followed it in a car ;-)
Yagi extenders seem to work better. You have to use the one tuned for the band (2.4 vs 5Ghz) you're using though.
Looks like I'm the only one not getting any benefit from the parabolic range extender. Just got my Chinese Yagi today, let's see if they make any difference.
Nobody really owns land, at least they don't here in the UK, the Crown owns the land. Anyway, keep it low, nobody's going to get hurt.
OptikN3rv
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Here in the Netherlands we have natura 2000 areas (nature areas) which just got added to the no fly zone map but its causing an uproar as the nature parks are owned by various companies, municipals or such yet they don't own the air space. If the park wardens catch you they threaten you with fines yet unless you land in the area you are technically not breaking any law.
@Pushkur ,at no time in my post did i mention anything about breaking VLOS rules ,i merely stated that a MM would not be visible to the naked eye at 6600 ft
Pushkur
Well-Known Member
Was just a bit of banter.....but
? Your defending yourself ,when you’ve not been accused!?
Unless you see yourself as a member of the elite drone police LOS team.?
No one is forced to read....Flying distances beyond LOS ,Mods,and FCC topics !
It was obvious the guy was talking about no obstacles blocking the flight path,such as hills,or trees,when he tried to explain his original post.
Binoculars ..yeah whatever.
Drones are fun,all that’s needed is a bit common sense.
? Your defending yourself ,when you’ve not been accused!?
Unless you see yourself as a member of the elite drone police LOS team.?
No one is forced to read....Flying distances beyond LOS ,Mods,and FCC topics !
It was obvious the guy was talking about no obstacles blocking the flight path,such as hills,or trees,when he tried to explain his original post.
Binoculars ..yeah whatever.
Drones are fun,all that’s needed is a bit common sense.
Just for the logs, a friend of mine, in a very remote Country, on his own private land, has reached 1200 meters with a CE MM on 5.8 GHz with the Yagi installed. Been told that the trees could have interfered a bit so in a desert area should go a little further.
Going back to the original topic, 1.25miles is good going for the UK (CE) version of the mini, and in line with the specs (max 2000m).
It could be that maybe, possibly I have seen just short of 1200m reached, over fields before getting a few video glitches and signs of signal deterioration before the pilot chickened out and returned the Mini back to a more sensible range.? It maybe never happened though, honest! ?
It could be that maybe, possibly I have seen just short of 1200m reached, over fields before getting a few video glitches and signs of signal deterioration before the pilot chickened out and returned the Mini back to a more sensible range.? It maybe never happened though, honest! ?
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Pushkur, you're a voice of reason. Being a newbie here, I felt like I'd committed a cardinal sin and royally upset a few folks, not my intention of course. Ah well, there's some decent people here. Cheers buddy.
Have just ordered the 2.4 GHz Yagi, we'll see what happens.
I had more or less the same experience, both over a city and outside. (Europe model)
Anyway without anything between the controller and the drone and carefully pointing the drone position:
-until 1200ft still possible to control the drone and make a good footage
-1200-2400ft very very laggy... still can control but it depends a lot from the environment
-2400-3600ft almost imposible to control, loose the signal very often
It's funny to see some connections problems when is just above me, sometime even at 120ft, especially in the city
Hi,
Not wanting to put a dampener on things but maximum distance in the UK is 500m. You have to have a commercial license to go over that, which I guess you don’t have?
If your drone works perfectly to 500m then anything over this in the UK is not really of much use if you want to stay legal.
By the way, you need register your drone with the CAA and take the online test, if you haven’t already done so?
Not wanting to put a dampener on things but maximum distance in the UK is 500m. You have to have a commercial license to go over that, which I guess you don’t have?
If your drone works perfectly to 500m then anything over this in the UK is not really of much use if you want to stay legal.
By the way, you need register your drone with the CAA and take the online test, if you haven’t already done so?
I would have saved the money on the yagi, if you are over 500m, don’t have visual (unaided) line of sight and you haven’t taken the drone test or registered your drone you have already broken 3 rules.
You are not related to Dominic Cummings are you?
You are not related to Dominic Cummings are you?
The drone is 249g so not a requirement to register and take a test. I appreciate your concerns however.
Nick Chill
New Member
Yes, same here. Not worth it is it. Fly safe and responsibly for best results.
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