Flew my trusty TH today at an abandoned housing development. Nothing but clearings, dirt roads and grass.
Two batteries, no problems. Video was received on the ST16 out to about 1500 feet, then dropped. Still had good visual flight control and video returned on the way back.
Third battery; video dropped out at only a few hundred feet (500-600) out. No trees in the way. No infrastructure to be seen. Even got the loss of WiFi message. Tried rotating, no help. Tried to stop the recording, no effect. Checked receiver antennas; pointed correctly. Gained elevation (~150 ft), got intermittent video signal. Since I had fine visual control, I flew blind for a while hoping that the camera was still recording (it was). When I got very close to the take-off point, video signal came back to the ST16.
What could cause this unusual loss of video signal at such close range? Recordings from microSD card looked great.
Two batteries, no problems. Video was received on the ST16 out to about 1500 feet, then dropped. Still had good visual flight control and video returned on the way back.
Third battery; video dropped out at only a few hundred feet (500-600) out. No trees in the way. No infrastructure to be seen. Even got the loss of WiFi message. Tried rotating, no help. Tried to stop the recording, no effect. Checked receiver antennas; pointed correctly. Gained elevation (~150 ft), got intermittent video signal. Since I had fine visual control, I flew blind for a while hoping that the camera was still recording (it was). When I got very close to the take-off point, video signal came back to the ST16.
What could cause this unusual loss of video signal at such close range? Recordings from microSD card looked great.