TomIreland
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Ireland
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Hi All!
I took my drone (DJI Spark fly more pack with R/C etc.) out yesterday evening having spent a lot of time downloading all the required firmware, apps, updates, pairing (God, one really wouldn't want to give one of these to a child!!)
I loved my quick bit of flying (about an hour), it was great getting used to the controls etc.
However, the range seems to be very, very limited?
I've read that the range in Europe is a lot shorter than in the USA?
I could only go 50m (150ft) high and approx 100m (300ft) away. Now don't get me wrong, I don't want to go setting any records or try fly 2 or 3 miles away!! I would like to be able to get to the other end of a field however (400-600m) and maybe get 100m altitude- just to get some spectactular footage.
I can't use OTG cables as my phone is a Huawei P9 Lite and they don't support OTG.
Should i try my phone in airplane mode? I'm thinking to myself have i the R/C + AC + phone paired correctly? They must be though if the RC joysticks are what I'm steering the craft with? I am correct to have wifi linked to the R/C??
Will airplane mode make any difference? As i said, I'm not looking for miracles, just average range.
These questions are probably silly but, as i said, I'm very new to drones.
All and any help would be very much appreciated!!
Thanks everyone!
Tom.
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