Vikingimike01
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone, I know this is really generic, but I am new to this forum. I know how it works, because I am on forums that use the same formatting.
So, a couple of days ago, my old drone that my uncle gave to me from Spain broke. It was a nincoair evo cam
I had this for 3 years, it had a 650mah 3.7v battery, that was also 3 years old. Long story short it was so old i had 2 minutes of flight time. This was the kind of drone where you fiddle with the thrust to make it level, it has no FPV, it has a few meters of range, but can do a flip and has a 640*480p camera that vibrates so much any footage is useless. Anyways, so i was flying this maybe 3 meters high, when the power cut off, and it randomly dropped. My controller started beeping like crazy, and the props would not stop spinning, I think i read somewhere its the cheap transistors. So I tried using a 2200mah 18650 cell to no luck. This is the kind of drone you buy for little kids by the way, it had foam around for protection.
So 3 days ago I ordered a Holy Stone HS120D, on Ebay, i read its a good drone for starters, it was 110 eurs from Germany. Was it a good deal? It was 130 originally.
It's supposed to have GPS, 1080P FPV, orbit, follow, return home and 300 meters of range. I don't know how accurate the 300 meters is, its 2.4ghz.
Its supposed to arrive on May 7th, so in 5 days. I am looking to have a better range to fly over the trees, and the Danube river is close, it would be pretty nice to see how it looks from up top. Theres really nice forests and hills. So, how would I go about upgrading the range? I have a drill, dremel, wire.. I have a solder, and i know how to weld, so I think I could solder stuff. Because I live in the outback, i would not really worry about the "legal" transmission and power range. I watched some videos, and if I'm right the antenna and the reciever lenght both have a role.
So, a couple of days ago, my old drone that my uncle gave to me from Spain broke. It was a nincoair evo cam
I had this for 3 years, it had a 650mah 3.7v battery, that was also 3 years old. Long story short it was so old i had 2 minutes of flight time. This was the kind of drone where you fiddle with the thrust to make it level, it has no FPV, it has a few meters of range, but can do a flip and has a 640*480p camera that vibrates so much any footage is useless. Anyways, so i was flying this maybe 3 meters high, when the power cut off, and it randomly dropped. My controller started beeping like crazy, and the props would not stop spinning, I think i read somewhere its the cheap transistors. So I tried using a 2200mah 18650 cell to no luck. This is the kind of drone you buy for little kids by the way, it had foam around for protection.
So 3 days ago I ordered a Holy Stone HS120D, on Ebay, i read its a good drone for starters, it was 110 eurs from Germany. Was it a good deal? It was 130 originally.
It's supposed to have GPS, 1080P FPV, orbit, follow, return home and 300 meters of range. I don't know how accurate the 300 meters is, its 2.4ghz.
Its supposed to arrive on May 7th, so in 5 days. I am looking to have a better range to fly over the trees, and the Danube river is close, it would be pretty nice to see how it looks from up top. Theres really nice forests and hills. So, how would I go about upgrading the range? I have a drill, dremel, wire.. I have a solder, and i know how to weld, so I think I could solder stuff. Because I live in the outback, i would not really worry about the "legal" transmission and power range. I watched some videos, and if I'm right the antenna and the reciever lenght both have a role.