Parrot Anafi range test 6029m

davinchi2000 · Feb 15, 2019

Tests carried out with homemade modification of reception.
CE Mode - Europe - Spain
Channel 1

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Zamzara · Feb 18, 2019

Did you cut it to be a specific size, or will any piece of foil do?

davinchi2000 · Feb 19, 2019

it does not have specific measures.
so that it serves as an orientation, these are mine

BGabor · Feb 20, 2019

And it is not only an antenna mirror to get stronger signs from the ANAFI, but it can protect your body from the original antenna EMF radiation, so it is healthy

AaronB · Feb 20, 2019

BGabor said:
And it is not only an antenna mirror to get stronger signs from the ANAFI, but it can protect your body from the original antenna EMF radiation, so it is healthy

I'm so with you on that one...

...also helps to prevent sunburn.

Dronographer · Feb 24, 2019

Does it help at all in heavy wifi environments in urban areas?

AaronB · Feb 24, 2019

Depending on the location/direction of the WiFi interference - I would say it could make it better, or worse.

Dronographer · Mar 13, 2019

I made a hasty lookalike using tin foil in the same configuration, however the tin foil had wrinkles and therefore not so focussed but...

One flight on auto mode for frequency selection, in my back yard with mearby wifi including my own home, over trees etc....

I got a couple hundred feet LESS range with the reflector (3000’).
However I DID resume video downlink noticeably sooner on the autonomous RTH leg. One flight is meaningless, also I need to try the 5ghz band manually as well as more rural areas. First will get aluminum tape and make a smoother reflector.

Jagerbomb52 · Mar 13, 2019

We used to make them out of old Cd's lol

This was for another UAV. Did it work? Hard to tell snd it did not last very long on the RC lol

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AaronB · Mar 13, 2019

Agustine said:
We used to make them out of old Cd's lol

Pure genius - complete with auto-alignment via the two peep holes

BryceSteiner · Jul 31, 2019

Is this still working for you? I have a related mod on a Mavic 2 controller and it certainly helped. So I understand that the antenna itself is in the phone holder? Would this be the same with the tablet holder of the Anafi Parrot Thermal?

davinchi2000 · Jul 31, 2019

Of course. is the same.
New record.

BryceSteiner · Jul 31, 2019

Looks like you need a longer flight battery now! Are there any out there?

justDee · Jul 31, 2019

I'd be afraid it would not make it back from that distance?

Rocky the FS · Jul 31, 2019

I'm not that brave....or wealthy. 2 miles is it for me, and that only in a low EMF environment.

davinchi2000 · Aug 3, 2019

I know the area where I am flying. Anafi has quite good control of the battery. If I lose control of the anafi, he will be still and when he is running out of battery he will land alone. if in the program it indicates to me where has been the last place where I lost communication. You can do the test, when you have 5% battery left you leave it with you at 1m altitude and turn off the remote. You will observe how before running out of battery it will automatically land safely.