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Mr_Pumpkin Posted at 2-8 15:54
I purchaseed mini 3 pro on December 2022, if i fly from my home, the max range I can get is about 500meter, if I fly in a big forest next to Epsom UK, max it can get is about 600meter, and then i refund my drone, and buy another mini 3 pro, the range increased about 30% in all same area, so i can comfirmed there is hardware issue for mini 3 pro!
Thats not confirmation of anything im afraid, the problem with your test is different days, thats easily enough for outside influences to change enough to either reduce the range or in your case, show an improvement.
Also you're in CE so that means your range is handicapped from the get-go
I too am in the UK so also in CE, and for the sake of these tests below, they were in CE
I flew using the RC Pro (testing the RC) and hit 3.8km , this was in very thick fog at only 25m high.
The very next day with zero fog, it would only do 2km at 30m high, nothing else changed at all but again, this was the RC Pro, suffice to say, that went back to Amazon.
A previous flight using the DJI RC (screened RC) in July last year, it hit my PB for CE of 5.5km at 31m high
I then tested it again end of November i think it was, last year and it only managed 3.3km at 30m high
I then managed to get back out there and it did much better and hit 5.1km at 30m high.
When i range test, i fly the exact same place and flight path give or take a few feet, i also only fly at 30m during the test, give or take a few a meter depending, if its really foggy i will keep it under 30m. The ground is 100% flat farmland with no trees or buildings on the actual flight path.
As a side note, i have hit 7km in FCC not max signal though, thats due for a max range test using the Plus battery soon, I just need to time it where the temp is above freezing and the humidity is below 94%
Anyway, as you can see from my results, even 1 day can be enough to make a decent difference, therefore i highly doubt that there was any difference in your drones hardware, one other point to make, your flights were around trees, these are a pain when it comes to radio signals, its the moisture in and or on them that doesn't help not to mention that they can block the LOS to the drone.
I could be wrong but you look relatively new to DJI drones, so the way you hold the RC can also be a deciding factor on how much range you can achieve. You need to try to imagine that there is a red dot laser coming out of the top of the RC, be it the DJI RC (screened) or the N1 (no screen), you need to keep that imaginary red dot on the drone at all times, using the Flight Attitude Radar can help in horizontal alignment as the RC indicator on there will change from blue to green when there is a good horizontal alignment. |
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