It should have warned you too that there was interference in the area and to be careful. You can also go into the app and choose channels.
On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > The intent was to hover it a low level over his back yard. All the > high-voltage lines, phone lines, and cable lines were street-side, so the > air was clear over his back yard. Should have been easy. > > However, when I started up my sniffer, I was getting at least 30 WiFi > hotspots in the area (on all the available 2.4 GHz channels). > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 12/27/2015 10:37 AM, Joe Novak wrote: > > 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]> >> [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> >>> >>> >> > >
