SgtDannySgt
Second Officer
Flight distance : 283904 ft
Canada
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Hello everyone, I have been experiencing RC disconnects and trying to figure out why. It started about 2 months ago, taking a video of one of our hydro-electric dams. The weather was clear and about 14C. I flew towards the dam and I first got a warning that the RC and the aircraft were having difficulties communicating and I had to adjust the antennas. This was odd as I am to believe that the antennas should be perpendicular to the aircraft and this was clearly the case. I adjusted the antennas and lost connection. The loss lasted several seconds and got the reconnection and brought the bird back. I changed the battery and decided to try again and used an approach route different to see if it would change and the second flight had the same result.
Today, I was taking a video of a river estuary and the weather was clear and sunny, 28C, winds 10 gusting to 20KMH, a beautiful flying day. I flew the bird out and after a few minuted I detected that the video on my iPhone was shacky and jerky. I continued with the flight and after several minutes I again got a message stating that the RC and my bird were having issues connecting and I should re-position the antennas, again contrary to the perpendicular "rule". Changed the antenna orientation and put them back and got the message that the RC and my bird had disconnected... again. After several seconds they reconnected and I RTH the UAV back and I terminated my day of flying.
Any ideas? This drone is pretty new, it is 3 months old, is a replacement unit for my first Mavic Pro which was lost in the jungle of Costa Rica.
Both the drone and the RC have the latest firmware as I checked before writing this. I checked the 3 videos I took and all 3 are smooth so the jerking I was seeing on the App was probably due to the communication.
Thanks everyone, waiting for replies and a solution as am quite hesitant to fly again until I can figure out what the issue is.
Danny
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