Skycontroller 2 hack, More signal power, More stability, longer range!

[Giannis K]

Hello there! I am a computer science student in a Greek University, After observing Solaris8x86's booster mods I decided to take a look into them myself, I found something curious while dismantling the sky controller though, The WiFi front-end can do up to 64-120mW per antenna but Parrot has them limited to only 14mW per antenna pair(fun fact, same case for the drone, I will look into that too drone has more power stock but still has headroom for more!) . I dug through the sky-controller firmware for about 2 days and tried to find the most optimal settings and here we are! massive signal boost! No physical modification needed but opening the skycontroller and putting a heatsink on the wifi ICs is recommended by me, in testing they did not get too hot but they were getting warm ish. Following are images of Pes (a software made by said solaris) Just to monitor the power outputs pre and after software mod(drone to controller distance 50cm):

^stock powers before the mod (A0/A1 - 20 dbm, -12 dbm)

^Modified firmware, HUGE BOOST!! A0 -20 => -2dbm, A1 -12 to (+!)2dbm!
If there is interest, I will write a script to mod the firmware, this is the heatsink I added to my skycontroller's ICs (the left black one)

 

[Giannis K]

Here is another instance, Testing here is how well it penetrates a steel baking pan.
Stock:

Modded:

How I tested it:

 

[Giannis K]

PS: I also made equivalents to convert the bebop 2 propulsion characteristics to bebop 2 power and beyond such as making it accept liHV batteries and increasing motor power to beyond bebop 2 power levels, 12.2k default max rpm => 13.4k and telling the firmware it is heavier than what it actually is so it can more easily carry a gopro!

 

[benz]

Plz share ur files.
Thx

 

[flyingblind]

PS: I also made equivalents to convert the bebop 2 propulsion characteristics to bebop 2 power and beyond such as making it accept liHV batteries and increasing motor power to beyond bebop 2 power levels, 12.2k default max rpm => 13.4k and telling the firmware it is heavier than what it actually is so it can more easily carry a gopro!

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Thanks.