No other high voltage lines or anything like that right? It makes them act up too. If it wasn't so windy today it'd be a good day to go fly.
On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > They call it "auto-home". When you start it up, you calibrate the compass, > and it records the starting point. Then you're supposed to just push the > "Home" button, and it is supposed to fly back to that position and hover. > > When it started flying off into the distance, he pushed the home button, > and it cam back, but it was off by 20 feet or so, and it tried to land in a > tree. Not optimal. he was able to push the "up" control to prevent it from > actually landing in the tree. However, he was not able to maneuver it to > the appropriate landing spot. > > As I and his other uncle were diving to avoid being hit by the thing, he > was able to land it on the roof of his house without damaging it. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 12/27/2015 10:26 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Saw a thing on the interwebs yesterday about how to not crash your drone > the first time you use it. > Apparently they have something similar to an E Stop button that turns on > the autopilot and flies them back to the starting poitn. > > *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, December 27, 2015 11:23 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: DJI Phantom 3 Pro, wireless protocol? > > > FHSS maybe? Or possibly small channel size since it needs distance, not > throughput. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Dec 27, 2015 1:18 PM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> My nephew got a new DJI Phantom 3 Pro model drone, and in the process of >> setting it up, I was trying to find the WiFi frequencies/protocols it was >> using to communicate between the controller and drone. Nothing showed up in >> my sniffer, so I wonder if it's using 802.11 at all. >> >> The specs (http://wiki.dji.com/en/index.php/Phantom_3_Professional) say >> it's using 2400-2483 MHz, but is only 100 mW EIRP. They claim 2 KM range, >> but he lost control of it in his admittedly WiFi congested neighborhood. >> >> -- >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >
