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dont slow down Posted at 2018-8-8 17:44
I’m not talking about using the phone to fly the drone. This is an example. Let’s pretend you go to a cell phone store and want to buy a new iPhone, you look at all the different models and choose let’s say the iPhone 8 for example. Wouldn’t it be a reasonable expectation that you will get the same cell reception in all locations with the iPhone 8 as you would with say the iPhone X? If you bought the iPhone 8 then drove to your home and lost your cell signal even though they just put up a shiny new cell tower 200 meters from your house would you think that’s normal? Do you really think wireless transmissions only work in direct line of sight?
My point is the signal technology, the 2.4ghz and 5.8ghz signals, are the same signal as many things. The MA, Phantoms, Spark, WiFi routers, your phone, they all use the same frequencies. Now when you take those frequencies and put them in a drone the performance should be identical. If you look at the specs the MA remote even has a stronger decibel rating than the phantoms, yet many many people report only 100 meter range, or less! How is it that the MA is so much less than the phantom when it uses the same signal technology and has a stronger output? There must be a flaw in the software or firmware or even the hardware that is causing such short distance. Saying 200 meters is good range is not good!
Ok, so I now understand your analogy, but I never said that 200 metres was acceptable, if that is all an MA can do, there is definitely a problem somewhere. However I easily get over 1km with mine using an iPhone X, latest MA FW (drone & RC) & DJI Go4, and there are plenty of others that have achieves this & much further. I also don’t dispute that there appears to be either a build quality issue with the hardware, or bugs in the software. |
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