SPIKE_151
lvl.4
Flight distance : 69767 ft
United Kingdom
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I recently bought the Titan Switch antenna system for the Mavic Pro 2, this a short review of the product.
Reasonably priced for the amount of tech involved. The system is amplified with two sunhams 3 watt amplifiers. The system comes with two types of antennae, +5db whip antennae which are dual band and omni directional and a left hand circular polarized panel antenna at +9db. Titan recommend running the system amplified with the dual band whip antennae. There is an option to buy two 12 inch whip antennae which I did.
Being from the UK the M2Pro uses CE mode which has about a quarter of the power of FCC mode enjoyed by those people with this craft in the USA. Testing with the stock setup in auto frequency allowed about 1 to 1.5 km max distance before the signal dropped away on both video reception and RC transmission. The test was done in an area of the River Thames with no wifi interference and a clear horizon with nothing to interfere or scatter the signal. Weather was reasonable with lowish humidity and 21 degrees temperature, that celcius by the way. After using the Phantom 4 Pro for a few years I was dissapointed by the range on the M2Pro.
Now at this point I expect the drone police to show up and tell me that I cannot fly beyond vlos at 500 meters max. I always risk assess and take at least one spotter with me, and when flying at distance I use two spotters, one of which has 10 x 50 binoculars to keep an eye on the craft.
The installation of the Switch system while not simple, is achievable if you watch the Titan video on the system which detaills every step of the installation. It does add some extra weight to the system but not too much that it becomes a burden on long flights.
The test with the switch was done at a location I knew from previous flights. Flying at 115 meters in a straight line I was pleasantly surprised at the distance achieved, 5 kilometers out and 5 back. I had 4 bars of RC transmission and video reception at 5 kilometers when I turned around for the return to home section of the flight. Being omni directional boosted I didnt have to worry too much about pointing the antennae directly at the craft alll of the time, as I have to do when using my Titan Conquer 3 watt boosted linear antenna on my P4 Pro. Temperature was about 15 degrees with some cloud and the flight was through severly congested wifi areas, proving the boosted option can burn through the background noise from wifi routers. I returned to home with 43 percent battery left.
Alll in all I was impressed with the system and will do some further testing later this month
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