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Hello all,
Some of you guys were wondering about those antenna signal boosters that act like little satellite cones. I bought one from taobao, a Chinese eBay site. Similar to this:
https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/31/6/1/316100/14/0/6/14068841/500x500.jpg?1480965118
I live in Hong Kong and we have a lot of very tall buildings with lots of magnetic interference. I was able to go to an isolated part of the city and fly my Mavic over the water to test the range. I did four tests, two with the booster on and two without. These are just my records and I'm sure ymmv.
All flights were at 70-90 metre agl altitudes.
1) No Booster: 3525 metres out before losing RC signal and me turning around
2) With Booster: 2469 metres out with lots of signal interference warnings and then losing RC connection and regaining again on and off. I turned the Mavic around at this point.
3) No Booster 3435 metres out with decent RC signal but kept losing HD connection.
4) With Booster 3177 metres out with constant RC disconnection and HD disconnection.
All flights I never initiated RTH and always manually brought back the mavic. I'm too scared to go further, lose total connection and let the RTH kick in (don't want any fly away problems). I tested the limits to where I felt any further would cause a total disconnect. I did lose signal a few times on all my flights before regaining.
These are just my findings and I will do further tests at different locations. I will upload screenshots later.
Some of you guys were wondering about those antenna signal boosters that act like little satellite cones. I bought one from taobao, a Chinese eBay site. Similar to this:
https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/31/6/1/316100/14/0/6/14068841/500x500.jpg?1480965118
I live in Hong Kong and we have a lot of very tall buildings with lots of magnetic interference. I was able to go to an isolated part of the city and fly my Mavic over the water to test the range. I did four tests, two with the booster on and two without. These are just my records and I'm sure ymmv.
All flights were at 70-90 metre agl altitudes.
1) No Booster: 3525 metres out before losing RC signal and me turning around
2) With Booster: 2469 metres out with lots of signal interference warnings and then losing RC connection and regaining again on and off. I turned the Mavic around at this point.
3) No Booster 3435 metres out with decent RC signal but kept losing HD connection.
4) With Booster 3177 metres out with constant RC disconnection and HD disconnection.
All flights I never initiated RTH and always manually brought back the mavic. I'm too scared to go further, lose total connection and let the RTH kick in (don't want any fly away problems). I tested the limits to where I felt any further would cause a total disconnect. I did lose signal a few times on all my flights before regaining.
These are just my findings and I will do further tests at different locations. I will upload screenshots later.
