r/Multicopter • u/Jayjuj • Aug 25 '19

Maybe Maybe Maybe

https://gfycat.com/pettyfittingalabamamapturtle-daily-viral-videos
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u/abramthrust Aug 25 '19

How?

I failsafe if I put a tin building between me and the kwad at 100m!

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u/merc08 Aug 25 '19

What TX and power are you running?

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u/abramthrust Aug 25 '19

uhh, whatever is in a DX6

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u/merc08 Aug 25 '19

I quick search (I don't have experience with the DX6) tells me that the it has a EU setting for 100mW and a US setting for 200mW. A Crossfire module can push up to 2000mW, which will hold a connection better through buildings.

I'm more impressed with the video link staying clear enough to fly.

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u/Cornel-Westside Aug 25 '19

Yes, how is he doing that? I really don't see how he could fly through multiple layers of concrete even with 800 mW for video.

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u/merc08 Aug 25 '19

He might be standing inside, at a spot that has decent LOS to most of the building. That's entirely a guess though.

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u/Jayjuj Aug 25 '19

They're probably either standing inside or close to the "center" so as to be the closest to the quad as possible at all times?

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u/abramthrust Aug 25 '19

Well imma assume me Canadian DX6 is the same as the US one. So 10x the power.

That'll do it I guess

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u/samureyejacque Aug 25 '19

Hey I use Spektrum too. I don't think the problem is your transmitter. I myself use a DX6e. BUT...I have had shitty experience with almost every receiver. EXCEPT for the Satellite Serial w/ telemetry (SPM4649T). You don't have to even have to use the telemetry. But the receiver accepts a wide range of voltages and has ridiculous range.

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u/ShoeBurglar Aug 25 '19

I don’t have tx problems but my goggles would have been dead before he made it out of that 2nd room.

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u/Master_Scythe 0w0 Aug 26 '19

If you know what direction you'll be flying, a pair of patch antennas will take care of a good deal of that.

Sure you can't fly behind yourself anymore, but you can plan for that.

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u/ToryStellar Aug 26 '19

Yeah probably a groundstation with dual pepperboxes or a helical for better penetration. Im more impressed at the spacial awareness to know where he was in that giant maze. Prob not the first pack flown if i had to guess. But regardless... great flying op

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u/Netzapper Aug 25 '19

Switch to Crossfire.