safest way to determine max flight range???
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ringolong
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Cheapest way I can think of 
Friend, Cell phone, and a car unless other means.
Remove props and hand the friend the quad, call them, and send them off. Communication is the key
OR
Telemetry. My Taranis reports when my signal is low and critical. Failsafe kicks in return to home on signal loss.
NOTE: Different areas will give different results.
Friend, Cell phone, and a car unless other means.
Remove props and hand the friend the quad, call them, and send them off. Communication is the key
OR
Telemetry. My Taranis reports when my signal is low and critical. Failsafe kicks in return to home on signal loss.
NOTE: Different areas will give different results.
Hi ringolong is right range check, if its a futaba or spektrum the range is normal 1km , these transmitter have a program call range check what it does is cuts out put to 1/2 then you walk 90 paces from the quad and then arm it , if it does your good for full range , for other quads do what Ringolong said remove props get a friend to walk across the park till they are long away then try and arm it if it wont get them to slowly walk back till you can arm this is then the max range , its important if you dont have return home , or flying FPV as the FPV signal may not drop till after the quad is out of range of its transmitter
B3Master
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Had my wife hold the bound quad while i walked and counted my steps away from them. Got to about 80-90 meters this is horizontal range test. I would guess any altitude would increase range. But at 85ish meters i dont think i want, and i cant see any more range than that. This is stock V6 x5c-1.
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B3Master
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Confirmed! The joystick transmitter, the X13 transmitter has the SAME range as the x5c transmitter. Very surprising, same 100meters while a cousin held the quad chest height and i walked away for approx 95-100meters away. Horizontal test. Its very sad that the X13 has a poorly placed antenna since i cant walk away 40-50meters without brownouts. Most probably antenna length, in flight i experience brownouts at less than 20meters with the X13
Gramps
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Haven't tried this yet.
Take a tripod and hang the quad on it bound, if you have to arm it I would remove the blades. Hang it so you can see the lights and this might be best done at dusk or a cloudy day. Do this on a football field so the you have the yard lines to go by.
Now start walking away from the quad and watch the lights when they start blinking your out of range. You should also be able to do this in a big field and use Google maps to measure the distance.
Take a tripod and hang the quad on it bound, if you have to arm it I would remove the blades. Hang it so you can see the lights and this might be best done at dusk or a cloudy day. Do this on a football field so the you have the yard lines to go by.
Now start walking away from the quad and watch the lights when they start blinking your out of range. You should also be able to do this in a big field and use Google maps to measure the distance.