Range

[maigesheng]

okay so, it's supposed to have a range of 4 miles in either direction. 8 mile radius, I am told. (Circle around home.)

So, I experiemenred this while flying around an extremely rural area. Only thing inbetween me and the bird were a few trees.

1500' before I got wireless interference and the video screen started glitching.

Thoughts?

 

[Mr. Salty]

A few trees will do it, depending on the altitude of the bird. Higher altitude will probably mean fewer obstructions between the Mavic and the controller.

I regularly get to 3,600 feet or so in my neighborhood with lots of houses and trees around. That's with the Mavic at 400 feet.

 

[Oconnb910]

Possibly your antennas are not pointing correctly and or you may be standing next to metallic objects such as your vehicle which could cause interference and signal loss.

 

[Cyberpower678]

The drone does not have an 8 mile radius. It's range is UP TO 7km of unobstructed communication.

 

[Ping^Spike]

It's range is UP TO 7km of unobstructed communication.

And even that will be 'in laboratory conditions'

Like a car that advertises 60mpg. No one will ever get that in the real world

 

[Cyberpower678]

And even that will be 'in laboratory conditions'

Like a car that advertises 60mpg. No one will ever get that in the real world

I've gone 5.2 km before my battery levels were too low to move forward. I still had 4 bars in my video transmission quality.

 

[Ping^Spike]

I guess you were running zero wind mate, that's not something that ever happens here in the UK lol