Wolferl
Captain
Flight distance : 23793 ft
Austria
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Hi Harvey,
As usually the answer is "it depends"
Now, RF communication is bit like voodoo. There are so many things that affect RF link performance, so it is really hard to tell. One needs to consider: other 2,4 GHz and 5,8 GHz transmitters (phones, Bluetooth, spy cams...) and the power they use, transmission power of own equipment (CE or FCC, whichever is valid in the Philippines), obstacles and reflections (very important), correct setup of R/C antennas with respect to the flying Sparky, phone performance, and so on...
In CE mode you can expect to get a 500 m range on an open field without any interference and on OTG cable, on FCC it is much larger due to higher transmission power.
However, that is not really an issue as long as you want to perform safe flights. Sparky isn't really visible in 500 m of distance, not talking about seeing its orientation. Sparky's firmware seems to have flyaway issues, so it is safer to stay close enough to pilot the bird back home should it drop to ATTI mode. There are lots of posts about that in this forum.
I have no idea about drone flying rules at the Philippines, though :-)
Cheers,
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