Remote Signal Strength Dropoff

brian3x · Jul 11, 2017

So I’ve had been able to fly a good distance. I have paid very close attention to my remote signal and have seen it drop by 2 bars at the furthest points. I’m curious how quickly it drops once it starts and if folks have seen it disconnect all together ?

Robbyg · Jul 11, 2017

Drop off time seems to depend on the firmware.
.0400 had a very slow drop off time, slow enough that you could gain altitude or turn around.

500 and 550 had a very quick drop off for me and some others.

.700 people say the drop off is not as quick. I have heard no negative reports on .800 and .900 but I still hear .400 let you get the most distance before losing signal.

And yes mine has dropped out and it RTH perfectly back to my landing pad.

Rob

Tonka · Jul 12, 2017

I would love to know this as well. Do you have a 4 mile open space to test?

Jamison74 · Jul 12, 2017

Robbyg said:
Drop off time seems to depend on the firmware.
.0400 had a very slow drop off time, slow enough that you could gain altitude or turn around.

500 and 550 had a very quick drop off for me and some others.

.700 people say the drop off is not as quick. I have heard no negative reports on .800 and .900 but I still hear .400 let you get the most distance before losing signal.

And yes mine has dropped out and it RTH perfectly back to my landing pad.

Rob

From my experience.200 had an even slower signal drop off than .400. At the time .200 firmware was still available, I noticed the signal degradation the day I upgraded and immediately went back to .200. The next day fw .200 was taken off the list and I have been skeptical of firmware ever since, staying on
.200.