Just over 8 milres is as far as i can go before battery wants to return to home.

You could always let it auto land, then go on a search! Ha



RedHotPoker

No too many trees

Titanbot Posted at 2017-10-23 15:06
No too many trees

Oh, I thought you might have been in an open clear area.
Yes, trees are a major setback, for drone freedom...


RedHotPoker

Be nice put on auto land and go make another rum and coke  

What kind of geographic area are you flying in to get that much range?

Your eyesight must be awesome.

Im in the Poconos.  By lake wallenpaulpac. I can only fly about half mile before i start to lose signal so i just keep going back and forth.  If i go above 400 feet i can can go ferther

m1shootr Posted at 2017-10-23 15:29
Your eyesight must be awesome.

No fly with camera

8 miles ? or 8 meters? are those numbers accurate?

I've gone 6.3 miles round trip (single charged battery) before the juice ran out at 8%.

My mistake, I thought you had flown 8 miles from your HP.

M.C. Pilot Posted at 2017-10-23 15:37
8 miles ? or 8 meters? are those numbers accurate?

I've gone 6.3 miles round trip (single charged battery) before the juice ran out at 8%.

42,512 feet

ALABAMA Posted at 2017-10-23 16:00
My mistake, I thought you had flown 8 miles from your HP.

No in mountains  no line of site

Titanbot Posted at 2017-10-23 16:36
No in mountains  no line of site

Was just thinking that was some awesome range you got!

Yeah, I was thinking that was some awesome range too.  So it seems this was just flying around in a circle around the home point.

Since the earth is orbiting the sun at around 67,000 miles per hour, you could also say that during a 20 minute flight you traveled over 22,000 miles.  That's an even more impressive figure.  And arguably just as valid.  It all depends on your frame of reference.  Fly faster to keep your drone younger!

Idk since the video suscks and wont play on anything which i bought it for in the first place.  I figured i just see how far i can fly on one battery.just learning my first drone only had ut month

Irate Retro Posted at 2017-10-23 16:50
Yeah, I was thinking that was some awesome range too.  So it seems this was just flying around in a circle around the home point.

Since the earth is orbiting the sun at around 67,000 miles per hour, you could also say that during a 20 minute flight you traveled over 22,000 miles.  That's an even more impressive figure.  And arguably just as valid.  It all depends on your frame of reference.  Fly faster to keep your drone younger!

If i was in geo syconiized orbit

Irate Retro Posted at 2017-10-23 16:50
Yeah, I was thinking that was some awesome range too.  So it seems this was just flying around in a circle around the home point.

Since the earth is orbiting the sun at around 67,000 miles per hour, you could also say that during a 20 minute flight you traveled over 22,000 miles.  That's an even more impressive figure.  And arguably just as valid.  It all depends on your frame of reference.  Fly faster to keep your drone younger!

Irate, you ain't right!

ALABAMA Posted at 2017-10-23 17:03
Irate, you ain't right!

You're good.  My court-ordered shrink needed 12 years of college to figure that out!

My phsycitist said if i dont value my time nobody will

Stop the presses, hold the phone, step back and let's clear this up right now, OK

42,512 feet - 8 m i l e s...that is the total distance flown on one battery, correct?
IF SO...
Is this a straight line distance?
IF SO...
Where was the area you took off from or approximate?
What direction did you take?
What was the terrain you flew over like?
What altitude did you fly at during this effort?
Did you actually go out 4 miles and then return 4 miles OR did you go out 8 miles and recover some where different than your Home Point?
OR did you return to your HP...IF SO...what amount of battery power did you have remaining at shut down, at either point?

If you are going to bother to pull the pin on this grenade and lob it in the forum you might want to pack it with something that will make it go boom!!!

Irate Retro Posted at 2017-10-23 17:05
You're good.  My court-ordered shrink needed 12 years of college to figure that out!

That was funny, worrisome but funny

change the battery settings in dji assistant 2 using debug mode and you can go further. 1 way missions using litchi

dcap Posted at 2017-10-23 18:11
change the battery settings in dji assistant 2 using debug mode and you can go further.

Would you care to expand on that or is it straight forward and intuitive?

Genghis9 Posted at 2017-10-23 18:16
Would you care to expand on that or is it straight forward and intuitive?

you can change the battery setting in dji assistant 2 like this.

i changed the battery to a 3s and it never thinks it has low voltage. this will not work for the latest version of dji assistan2.
i use v1.1.2-2

dcap Posted at 2017-10-23 18:19
i changed the battery to a 3s and it never thinks it has low voltage.

So does that mean when it runs out of battery for real it just drops out of the sky?

Irate Retro Posted at 2017-10-23 18:30
So does that mean when it runs out of battery for real it just drops out of the sky?

it will try to land, but it will kill the battery. the batttery shows no voltage when in 3s mode

dcap Posted at 2017-10-23 18:19
you can change the battery setting in dji assistant 2 like this.

i changed the battery to a 3s and it never thinks it has low voltage. this will not work for the latest version of dji assistan2.

Correct me if I'm wrong there batman, but golly jee willicurs if I "changed the battery to a 3s and it never thinks it has low voltage" does that not mean that somehow the battery "never" has low voltage OR does this mean that when it really does it just falls out of the sky?  I'm just not sure what that gets you in the end other than trouble if you are not very very careful, maybe missing something here, but that's how it's lookin to me...?

UPDATE: My understanding is if you take these batteries to zero P4P smart batteries they are cooked done no longer usable, are they not?

dcap Posted at 2017-10-23 18:38
battery shows no voltage in 3s mode. i have done some long 1 way flights this way

Whoa, this is a bit of a rush...
Soooo how do you know what the state of your battery is i.e. how do you know when you are about to run out, BEFORE you smack the earth?

Also, my understanding of the P4P smart batts is if you run them to zero they are done and no longer usable, are they not?

Genghis9 Posted at 2017-10-23 18:37
Correct me if I'm wrong there batman, but golly jee willicurs if I "changed the battery to a 3s and it never thinks it has low voltage" does that not mean that somehow the battery "never" has low voltage OR does this mean that when it really does it just falls out of the sky?  I'm just not sure what that gets you in the end other than trouble if you are not very very careful, maybe missing something here, but that's how it's lookin to me...?

UPDATE: My understanding is if you take these batteries to zero P4P smart batteries they are cooked done no longer usable, are they not?

it will fry the battery for sure.

Impressive figure! A screenshot of flight record might convince most of us, ha ha!

DJI Susan Posted at 2017-10-23 18:54
Impressive figure! A screenshot of flight record might convince most of us, ha ha!

Agreed ! Call me cynical but man 42k ft on a single charge? wow that's insane !

I think that would be a guinness record?

dcap Posted at 2017-10-23 18:11
change the battery settings in dji assistant 2 using debug mode and you can go further. 1 way missions using litchi

What's the furthest distance you've completed tweaking the battery settings? How much battery juice left upon return?

M.C. Pilot Posted at 2017-10-24 06:44
I think that would be a guinness record?

My record is 12 of em, and yeah, that might explain some things.

Drink up you'll really see the copter at a distance.

Titanbot Posted at 2017-10-23 17:12
My phsycitist said if i dont value my time nobody will

Spelling seems to be difficult too.

Irate Retro Posted at 2017-10-24 07:16
My record is 12 of em, and yeah, that might explain some things.
https://i.imgur.com/qLZwoy3.jpg?1[/img]

there may be no hope for you...
I see you and RHP sitting around the campfire exchanging drone stories

M.C. Pilot Posted at 2017-10-24 06:46
What's the furthest distance you've completed tweaking the battery settings? How much battery juice left upon return?

Not sure you are going to get the answers you hope for there...

m1shootr Posted at 2017-10-24 08:39
Spelling seems to be difficult too.

..

Genghis9 Posted at 2017-10-24 08:44
Not sure you are going to get the answers you hope for there...

yeah it seems like I'll be working on a full grown ZZ-Top beard.