Mavic Mini Range Extender Test & Better Range Tips!
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2020
- In this video, I test a range extender on the Mavic Mini and give you some tips to optimize the little drone for long distance.
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Whats your average range with the Mini?
Using shutter priority or what DJI wants to call Manuel mode is no different than using auto mode with exposure compensation. The only advantage to using shutter priority mode is the 180 rule you can obtain exactly the same exposure using either one with proper adjustment on each one.
I got to 2km out at sea with a home made yagi then chickened and turned around. On ground I got to 1.9km
I have done managed 3200m and I could have kept going but battery power made me return.I'm in the uk and that was out to sea with zero interference in land I have managed about 2200m with range extenders
I got 3.5 km
@@Dbentzjr I went through an episode a few days ago.. screen went blank, didn't care then it wouldn't come back after 5mins and no sign of the bird flying back ( I was 220m away) turns out it was the app that failed so the link RC -> AC was still up so no fail safe was triggered. I think that's something everyone with a mini should know.
To resolve it, restart the app or disconnect/reconnect the usb
And yeah I'm wanting that occusync goodness SOOO much but apparently it's good but not excellent. Anyway there's always someone on the internet that will get better range than you with the same setup 😅
Thank you! I'm getting my Mavic Mini in 2 weeks!
It's been 2 weeks since then, how's your drone?
Thank you for the great video I ordered the extender threw your link.
Keeping a higher altitude will improve your range as well due to the transmission signal not having to contend with obstacles such as trees, buildings and the topography of the area your flying in.
Is this actually true tho
I’m scared to take it high up
@@mateonavarro5558 Same man. Have u try it.?
@@satishthapa3201 took mine all the way to 500mts ... scary but fun.... but I wont get more than 2 km may 2.5 km.... i just bought one of those range extenders to check if I get any changes
My first flight on my friends mini 2 that he got me to repair as I have Mini 3 Pro's so was excited to take his out and got 4000m (4km). But was battery life at that point and was getting dark. Got range extenders now that I bought for my mini 3 pro but meant for mini 2 so was like, heck ya. Try it again and see the difference. Maybe 5+ KM?
Awesome video thanks for making
The best tip for me was at the end where you explain where the drone is relative to where you are. I have issues with trying to to make sure I am pointed in the right direction. I will also be buying the range extenders for my mini as well. Nice shots by the way.
Thanks bud!
Great video. Considering getting the mini so this was very helpful.
Glad you liked it! Its a lot of fun. Watch out for my next video on it. It might help with the decision 😉
Great video! Thanks
I bought a pair shortly after I got my Mini and since then I won't fly without them. Most of my range test (unfortunately) have been in an urban environment but until the last firmware update picking channel 165 (FCC version) made a huge difference (now the other channels seem to work about the same). Any day now I should be getting the Yagi style ones in the mail. I hear they work even better. Can't wait for another test.
Yagi style? Have a link or info?
I just got mine today 😁.. cant wait to put it in the sky tomorrow.. thanks for the video, I ordered the same range extended after watching your video 👍🏼
Nice 👍
Also I just subbed to your channel
Have you noticed any improvements after using the extender
Awesome video thanks
Awesome! Im getting the externder!
Great video thanks for the help UK
Excelente video amigo, información muy interesante. Saludos!!!
What a great video, great advise!!!
Thanks so much!
Had my CE Mini out to 3km but wouldn't chance it beyond that as it gets quite spotty. Had parabolic range extenders on to achieve that too.
Great video 👍 thanks for your tips
No problem 👍
Nice man !❤❤
Thanks bud 🔥
greatest drone video
Thanks bud 👍
Great video. ✌🏾 from Alaska
Thanks for watching!
I have a phantom 3.
Range extender gave me like 3x distance and pointing the kontroller directley on the drone is very important for maximum distance
Nice
Thanks for this - I have a Wi-Fi range extender that I've been using with my little Tello drone but this seems like a great option for an extender! Nice one. Thanks
wow awsome dude
Thanks friend!
@@StefanMalloch u are welcome
was great !! have you ttried yagis?
I am impressed with the Mavic Mini, I was impressed that I was able to fly 1,890ft over some massive trees then over a lake, the fact I was shooting the signal through the trees and did not loose the drone...I was able to get some absolutely amazing video..The Mavic Mini is a professional Drone as most people still not dropping $499 for a Drone..
I use it for travel and carry it everywhere I go daily..my biggest mistake not hitting the record button twice 🤬🤬
i kinda noticed that. I have to press record twice to stay recording? If i press it once I thikn it records a few seconds onlly
I got 3105 meters without extenders, for a range set on 2.4Ghz.
seems nice to fly once in while this range, but totally unpractical as batteries will barely hold on for 3k+ range back and forth.
but surely extenders make it a smoother flight - 10x for sharing
I like to fly in my town which has tons of houses and WiFi connections that probably interfere with the range, since I only get 700 meters max. Will the range extenders help in this more urban/suburban environment or do the range extenders only help in rural and open areas?
Should help but try to keep the drone in front of your controller.
Oh yes
in suburban environment i get around 2.5 miles.using parabolic,and yagi range extenders,but i just ordered an amplified antenna
I thought that area looked familiar! Thumbs up.
What would be the ideal altitude to fly at?
I know that you'll have to go up occasionally to clear pylons, buildings etc, but roughly what would be considered to be the height at which you would get the best range, great vid.
MAXIMUM! The best signal is always the highest. When it comes to RF height is everything! In Ham Radio we always say.....location, location, location. That is #1 second is height. Normally the best locations have the height.
So if you want the best range for your drone go to a hill top. Just be mindful of trees. Especially pine trees! For example. Here in East Texas its trees everywhere! I normally fly out of my back yard. Well its just enough safe space in one spot to climb above them and go. That same spot has a straight open shot East where i get the most range. Any where lese its a lot less! Ive seen over 500M with my cheap Eachine EX5 at 390 - 395ft altitude. Drop down and its much less!
But for best view / video you need to be lower with it. This Eachine EX5 is only 1080P. So do a aerial recon. If you find something worth doing a video move closer so you can drop down and capture it.
Now i also have a wifi extender which helps a bunch! I flew 1310M with it before i lost video! ( Granted i have it up 50ft hanging from a rope that supports one of my Ham 80M antennas. =] ) Straight East of course through my sweet spot. But im researching if that can even be done with the Mavic Mini or any DJI. So far no luck. All i am seeing is the parabolic or yagi / beam type extenders.
Plus keep in mind i am in some what of a rich wifi location. All neighbors look like they have wifi. With this extender up 50ft i see so many wifi signals its hard to count them all! LOL
I logged into my extender and counted them. 40 different wifi signals! On my phone i only see 4. That is excluding my wifi and extender. LOL
Do you enable the payload setting when adding the filters by chance?
payload setting will limit your range so im assuming not. unless im missing something.
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hey. great video. i got a mavic mini as well it's a great little guy.. i have got 2900m a few times but the last time i did it i was around 2700m and i just lost singal and i waited and waited like like a good 3 mins scared me becase i didnt see it come back yet so after the 3 mins. my controler got single again. i was so worried abut if just falling to the ground. thats why i dont like doing tests like that. i dont think its worth it
anyway take care
peace out bro and keep pumping out the videos
drone footage canada
does the range extender make the video feed less choppy
Which one can I use with my sjrc f11s?
Nice tests... I get only 2km with my diy range extender. 👍😄
do you think it could work with a dji tello mini drone? I know its battery doesn't last enough to make full use of it, but I do need more than 100mts range. what u think?
Should word with any drone.
Doesn’t adding the neutral density filter cause the drone to be over the 250g weight limit? Aren’t you then required to have FAA registration?
Don't know the answer to that, but it is very light and doubt you'll get the powers after you over 3g over... Skins must weight over a g.
Question? What battery do you use?
I'm in Canada were the drone laws are more strict now, but even in the US I'm pretty sure the rules state that you have to maintain VLOS(visual line of sight). The mini may be under 250 grams but you are still required to follow most of the same safety rules. So I would be careful about publisizing flying beyond VLOS without the proper people in place to help maintain VLOS. And here in Canada flying directly straight over traffic on a major highway is not allowed either. We can cross a highway but flying straight over and parallel is considered unsafe flying. But again I'm not up on the US regulations. Nice video!
Untrue. The only guidelines for flying drones under 250g are Rule 900.06 (General Prohibition)
@@StefanMalloch Yes, and flying above 400 feet and out of visual line if sight even with a sub 250 gram drone is still considered reckless and/or negligent. Just because it's less than 250 grams does not mean your aloud to fly above 400 feet or out of VLOS. If your not aloud to do that with a drone above 250 grams I can guarantee your not allowed doing it with a sub 250 gram drone either. Phone the Canadian Aviation department and ask them.
@@StefanMalloch I'm not trying to be argumentative. It's just that there is a general misconception that if a drone is under 250 grams that none of the rules apply to them. That simply is not the case.
who says i cant see my mavic mini 2.5 miles away?
Nice test with mavic mini, L-S!
Thanks! 👍
On the bottom middle of the phone screen you can see which direction your drone is in. It helps the connection if your remote is facing directly towards the direction of the drone
i, don't have this feature, it never shows there. only the map on left is what i see
Why does yours, like mine, when pointing directly at the drone show it to be 1300 hours on the display bottom center?
Do you need to point your range extenders to the direction of your Mini when flying?
Ideally.
Hello to everyone. Just got my mavic mini and while flying in the park my max distance was 60 meters and then it started losing signal. Any ideas how to fix it
I have gone 1 km on mine which is my normal flight distance and it has no problems but as soon as I went behind even a bush I would get signal issues.
With no extenders and in a park, i get about 250 feet in the air and about 300 feet away is this normal?
Does that range extender prevent those lag spikes that happen every now and then when you're flying?
Yes overall stability should be improved.
My averange range that i can take my mini is : In very urban aereas ( a lot of housed and wi-fi i get 50-100 m before i lose connection, in the same area but on my roof i get 400-500m and the best range that i got was when i ve flown from a park and i had no interfference till 900m away and at 910 i instantly lost it :) ( i didn t test it rural this is all urban )
I just flew my friends brand new mavic.. it went about 1000Ft And lost connection because there was some trees blowing the drone from the remote.. I wanna get A little boost antenna thing for my mavic pro and my friends mini
Hello , The test in the wood ho hi do that . Long / sort. distantion. Greatz
I can only get 120m until my drone loses connection and it is band new and the same as yours do you know why
7.25 km total going and coming back to home in urban environment
@BananaRebel Good question!
Looking for a test in regular conditions. I don't live on a farm and the weather isn't always this perfect.
Great tips! The filters are MUCH cheaper directly from Freewell! $99 vs $129 on Amazon.
For sure. Doesnt have to be Freewell but good call!
And those are filters not for mini. Hope nobody jumps on ordering without reading item description
without extender: 1850m
with extender: 2640m
Can I put put a range extender on a hs 510
1:47 which one is the best? The one with the most green
I think the one with the least amount of green
Did you have to request access to fly there. cause I know Richmond and Ladner is controlled airspace
Controlled but not restricted. Under 250g you're good to go.
cannot wait for the lens giveaway good luck everyone but I hope I win
Will the signal booster work with the mini 2 does anyone know?
i don't have the indicator in the middle bottom of the screen
All those tips and no mention if antennas should be pointing up or straight out....what is optimal?! Thanks
DJI has tips in the user guide to always point the antenna tips at the drone. With this range extender it looks like you need to point the reflective dish at the drone.
I get 400 Meters on a good Day. I don't really know how to use the manual transmission mode. Only got the drone a couple weeks ago
How to operate drone with this extender if drone is right above you?
The same..?
4000m (4km) is my absolute best stock standard out of the box. at this distance the phone started to show broken video and i did RTH. this was just a range test and nowdays i keep it to a max of 2500m (2.5km) or so.
i get like 700 meters max
what your battery bro c'mon
@@matteo8296prob in a country you have restrictions?
What case are you storing the ND filters?
Just the case that came with my set. Link in description.
Hi do you have a 2.4ghz frequency were you are?or is it just 5.8ghz Also do you have a email I could contact you on regarding a product?
Thanks Mike.
Can you tell me what the reflective part is made from please.
Metal of some kind
@@StefanMalloch cool I will make one.
Tin foil. Make sure to make yourself a matching hat too, that’ll help with signal
If you looking for over 500m Rane them you need 2.4ghz set at beginning before flying
My average is about 4000ft (with no range extender.) I am in more on a rural aria so that probably helps a lot.
That is crazy far!
Stefan Malloch looking at other videos I’m impressed how far mine goes (it is a mini)
Would you like me to get a screen shot and try to link it (might take a while)
@@StefanMalloch Not sure if you noticed but he said 4000 feet not meters. That's only 1200 meters. Which isn't that good at all in a rural area. I can get much more than 1200m in rural areas without a range extender.
@@christingley7419 ahh so it is!
mine in ce mode i hacked it and i can go up to 4km before it looses connection
What’s the highest altitude you can get from the range extender?
120 metres obviously 😅
I don't have the option for manual channel just automatic :(
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The thing at the bottom where i see where my controller is in relation to the mavic i never get this arrow even if i point my controller directly at the mavic mini ist that a common issue somebody has a tip of why that could happen ?
its your phone compass that needs calibration
@@wvoyles ok ty
Flying near power lines will do that
In my neighborhood it's definitely crap, about 80m or so before things get weird. I'm going to try some more ideal conditions because it's not really that exciting getting such short range.
Ouch. Ya maybe try one of these bad boys.
@@StefanMalloch I played around with the antenna's a bit (I'm new to all this) and was able to get about 400m before things got wonky. My range extender arrives today, so I'll test that out later and see what happens!
@@xkernalsandersx Updates?
@@josephsagotti8786 I think it doesn't really give as much range as I would hope in the city, but gets better when I'm out in the less populated areas
3:02 but those are taken in different days... look at the clouds
Would you recommend this for weddings?
Damien Colacion definitely. I’ve had one for a week now and I’ll link the Dropbox with all the pictures I’ve took so you can see
Sure for some establishing shots maybe. Keep in mind its only 2.7k. I like it.
@@HowToIOS that would be awesome.. i would definitely want to buy this some time.
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A word on ND filters; for twenty bucks or less you can buy a meter square of nd gel. That's enough to make a thousand ND filters. ONE ND filter will set you back like $40-80. So that's $40,000-80,000 worth of ND filters if you had of bought the meter square rather than enriching silly companies exploiting price gouging.
Is this fcc?
I only get like 30 meters on mine idk why?
You like more with ND filter???????? OMG
LOL, makes a big difference.
my current height up to 20 meters only, and range around 200 meters
Are you serious? You are showing us on how to get a better range, but you forget the most basic tip, which is pointing the antennas towards the drone!! :)
My mavic mini goes maximum 500 meters and it lost connection 😐🙄🙄
I’m scared to take it any higher than 120m high and like 140m distance
120m is the legal height limit so don't do that but as far as distance... send it!
Are you testing in the United states???
Canada
Of course not. No one here knows what the hell a meter is... LOL
I can't get higher then 60m without losing signal..
Mine can only do 50
Same here. I bought my drone mini from Costco and Im starting to believe they sell counterfeit products because it is total crap. I can barely get it in the air and its constantly losing signal.
I had also bought a gopro from Costco and it was complete crap.
@@lyotoarellano I did have luck with a range extender ($10 on amazon) but you have to point the controller exactly in the direction you're flying and also I would recommend having a reliable cell service for the gps home point. I was able to get about a half mile range. My buddy has the mavic pro (not the pro 2) and his can go almost 2 miles with tree cover. I would have totally paid an extra 200 if I knew I could have gotten that kind of range but I suppose the mini does well if you're just looking to get some beachside pictures or video. in your case I would look into resetting your firmware do it throught you PC or MAC if you can though and if that doesn't work try downgrading the firmware then upgrade it again. I did soume digging and found that the United States models use 5.8 ghz wifi per FCC mandating which cuts down the range significantly compared to the European models that use 2.8ghz wifi.
I hope this helps you out a bit.
@@timothysloan5087 thanks for the info. I think im going to upgrade to the mavic pro.
I always get around 15,000 feet out of mine
500M? WOW i get over 500 with my Eachine EX5! But thats at high altitude. 390ft or so. Height is everything when it comes to RF! In Ham Radio we say....location, location, location! That is #1 but 2nd is height. Normally the best locations are the ones with height or unobstructed view. Not just metal but trees too!
Always keep in mind anything a full wavelength has a affect on any RF signal. Full wave at 2.4 ghz is 5 inches. Full wave at 5.8ghz is 2 inches!
Im sure the parabolic help but i am thinking the 2.4ghz yagi / beam type extenders might work best. 2.4ghz has more range normally. Its more.....oh robust. At 5 inch wave length it can penetrate things better than 5.8ghz. The only advantage to 5.8ghz is its bandwidth and less signals to interfere. If i had my choice i would run 433mhz or lower for control and video on 900mhz.
Oh but always be mindful of restricted air space! DJI app is awesome as it lets you know but many do not! B4UFLY is essential!
Great video!
Flying outside line of sight and over the highway.... ? Is this how they do it where you're from??
That's how they do it everywhere atleast here where im from, nobody needs to have line of sight lol we go like 4 kilometers
Nice, but in the city, this has no effect.
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I got to 980m away with the mavic and on the box it says 4km
Ya 980m is a comfortable distance anyways. 4km is a joke.
@@StefanMalloch yeah but I got that distance in an open field with no interference but in the city it loses connection at around 300m
Pug Life same in city I can’t get pass 500 meters and in a place with no interference around 1.2 km, far off from what’s advertised
@@wicho99w99 same man,in the city I can't fly very far but in an open field I somehow managed to fly almost 4km
I can get about 5 inches out of my mini. On a good day
@4:20 ideal conditions? uhhmmm, a big NO... Do you not see all the power lines around you? They hurt signal with their interference big time,