Recent content by SpringDink

I'm not sure how the device and signal are related but it seems to be. I flew in my neighborhood and flew 2000' away over houses before losing connection. It wasn't even close to that before.

Update: I swapped the Samsung S5 Active for an Nvidia Shield tablet and it seems to have a more reliable connection. On my last video I flew 4800' and today I got 8100'. I still has 5 bars but it lost connection shortly after the screenshot.

Where did you fly previously and what were the obstacles or environmental interferance?

The results are in from the DBS mod and I need to burn my underwear. Prior to the DBS mod I was losing signal followed by RTH around 700'. My new best is 4800' but I was getting image transmission warnings for the last half of the flight. As you'll see in the video I lost all signal and the...

I know I wasn't putting my fingers over it but it is possible my phone was partially blocking the antenna on the left side.

Glad to hear yours got resolved. Mine didn't have any visible damage from shipping. Everything else works like it is supposed to but my range is just pitiful. What else should I check if I still have issues after the DBS mod? I've focused my attention on the remote but does the antenna come...

Thanks. This thread got me to join. If I get it before Friday I'll have it in the air Saturday and will let you know. I have a Colorado trip planned in Feb so need to break my birds separation issues before then.

I've owned a P3 Standard for a month and have close to 30 flights. There hasn't been a single flight without the weak signal warning followed by connection lost and it usually happens many times in the same flight. The catch is it usually happens around 400' away and I never fly above 400' high...