I had a chance to do some test flying with the WRE6606 on Friday. I was able to fly to both geofences with great video downlink. I was able to use both the 5.8 GHz band and the 2.4 GHz band to fly the Breeze using the range extender. I think the 2.4Ghz may give a little better range.
Tried to do an extended flight like TStover, but lost WiFi connection when I landed the Breeze past a 15 foot dropoff. I carried the Breeze back up the hill and thought I had reconnected to the range extender, but I hadn’t, I was connected to my iPhone 7. I flew to the geofence again and lost connection with the phone. After 30 seconds or so the Breeze did an autoRTH came back to the second launch point and landed after a 30 second hover.
The lesson learned was on loss of connection is to turn off WiFi on the phone, give the range extender a chance to reconnect, then connect the phone to the range extender again. I’ll make more flights soon.
Tried to do an extended flight like TStover, but lost WiFi connection when I landed the Breeze past a 15 foot dropoff. I carried the Breeze back up the hill and thought I had reconnected to the range extender, but I hadn’t, I was connected to my iPhone 7. I flew to the geofence again and lost connection with the phone. After 30 seconds or so the Breeze did an autoRTH came back to the second launch point and landed after a 30 second hover.
The lesson learned was on loss of connection is to turn off WiFi on the phone, give the range extender a chance to reconnect, then connect the phone to the range extender again. I’ll make more flights soon.