I Found The SECRET to Long Range FPV ( $60 HACK to go 6km! )

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  • First test of the ORT Helical 3 turn antennas for the DJI Goggles 2. Insanely stoked with the performance on these as in the days after this video I got up to 6km.
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Komentáře • 154

  • @flyingwithtofu
    @flyingwithtofu Před 12 dny +7

    It's good to see you take steps to have proper long range equipment. Some observations:
    3.,4v at 4km is worrying, it means the quads is too heavy.
    The motors running 7537 has to work VERY HARD to carry that weight over that distance.
    Ideally it should be heavier in pitch, at least xx50-xx60 to carry that weight for an efficient cruise.
    Probably you'll change out the VTX antennas, and you should get more range than the DJI controller.

  • @BrandonBeans
    @BrandonBeans Před 13 dny +18

    Hold up... Are you NOT going 6km on the stock antennas already? I put away the patches I had and only use stock antennas and will do 5-6km just fine. Only my battery is limiting me currently. On the drone you should be using either the DJI stock o3 lollipop or the FlyFishRC o3 long antenna. If you are using SMA adapters then you will be losing some signal, and if you don't use the orthogonal linear antenna then you lose out on MIMO gain. Cheers!

    • @mrbeeroverhead
      @mrbeeroverhead Před 13 dny +2

      Same here.
      I sold my patch antennas again because they did not really increase the range compared to the stock antennas.

    • @PopGheorghe
      @PopGheorghe Před 9 dny +1

      I'm going 3km with trueRC patch at 30M with 50mbps :-)

    • @jorisbonson386
      @jorisbonson386 Před 7 dny

      I'm getting over 100km on the stock antennas

  • @JohnIn2SonAZ
    @JohnIn2SonAZ Před 13 dny +33

    Crossfire 2W will literally go miles farther that your set up. BTW. Range up to 50 kilometers Range. For long range the DJI controller is not recommended.

    • @JoseMaDizon
      @JoseMaDizon Před 12 dny

      flew mine on top of a volcano 5km away, with just DJI RC2 and Integra googles, been flying long range with micro using dji controller 2 never really have problems . here see for your self czcams.com/video/AO-KeshhK-0/video.html

    • @nevezeraa
      @nevezeraa Před 7 dny

      Crossfire is analog tho

    • @SanneBerkhuizen
      @SanneBerkhuizen Před 6 dny +1

      Laughs in ELRS... 50km...
      I'm totally with you on the DJI controller tho...

    • @user-ic6lz2dh9y
      @user-ic6lz2dh9y Před 5 dny +3

      @@nevezeraayou can run an O3 air unit with crossfire

    • @NeoFlowFPV
      @NeoFlowFPV Před 5 dny +1

      Elrs hehe crossfire don’t do updates so good look supporting that protocol

  • @SbangFPV
    @SbangFPV Před 13 dny +5

    11:03 thanks for including the DJI stock antenna goggle feed for comparison

  • @YosepAliSaputra
    @YosepAliSaputra Před 13 dny

    i'm Glad you use ORT from Indonesia
    very good for doing long range flight..i use that too, with ORT helical 6 turn..
    🤙🏽🤙🏽

  • @sffpv9671
    @sffpv9671 Před 14 dny

    Nice video dude. The camera footage is lovely. Did you do any colour grading?

  • @RobertDunaway
    @RobertDunaway Před 12 dny

    Great video! Why the switch from iFlight to Geprc?

  • @KcCake
    @KcCake Před 13 dny +6

    Top antennas transmit. You shouldn’t have unplugged the antennas with the goggles powered on

  • @evilspeed3101
    @evilspeed3101 Před 11 dny

    Thank you! I’ve been missing this data.

  • @thomashardy9994
    @thomashardy9994 Před 6 dny

    I need to look in to this. Great video as usual.

  • @cebzzzzz
    @cebzzzzz Před 13 dny +1

    hi, what i dont understand is that your using 2 5.8ghz antannas on the o3 and using the dji fpv controller 2, which needs both 5.8 and 2.4 antenna, if it looses signal on 5.8 it switchies to 2.4ghz , but in your case if you loose video you also loose control link, plz correct me if i'm wrong.

    • @cebzzzzz
      @cebzzzzz Před 13 dny

      if your using the dji controller 2 i think it will me more safe to use a long single antanna 5.8 and 2.4?

  • @palerider.inf1232
    @palerider.inf1232 Před 13 dny

    I would like a video were you explain and show the editing part of all your videos, i got material but have no clue how to make/use LUTS or anything like that. Would love a video about that! 🇸🇪

  • @nomaasaerials
    @nomaasaerials Před 14 dny +2

    Any sensitivity to which way your head/antennas were pointed? I would expect the signal would fall off quickly if you turned your head slightly away from the direction of the quad.

    • @adamvalencia1413
      @adamvalencia1413 Před 13 dny +1

      haha prob not, that signal is goin everywhere including back at the person that's the scary part

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      They are only 3,turn helical so the cone is not that small, if it was 7 turn or something then yes you have to pay more mind on where your head is pointed

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      ​​​@@adamvalencia1413true but they are directional so they don't only shoot back and to the sides a fraction of what the stock antennas do... So yes you have to be at least pointed in the direction of the drone if your doing longer range

    • @insert1coin436
      @insert1coin436 Před 5 dny

      ​@@adamvalencia1413as a giant sphere of wave data?

  • @ugpfpv361
    @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

    Reading some of the comments I'm surprised how many people dont seem to know how antennas work, dont mean any disrespect, just surprised they don't know the basics.

  • @beedroneinsta
    @beedroneinsta Před 13 dny

    In Europe we are limited. So if getting these will if help? Was thinking of getting into long range. Danny good video as always. That drone is sweet seem to fly great ?

    • @tommtee
      @tommtee Před 13 dny

      Wdym with limited 😅🤫😏

    • @swissfpvshots
      @swissfpvshots Před 13 dny +1

      Hey, I reached with the Goggles 2 and stockantennas + Moz 7 over 8.7km. And still had above 7mbps signalstrength.
      (in Europe, without FCC hack)

    • @swissfpvshots
      @swissfpvshots Před 13 dny +1

      If you start with long range, I would recommend the Goggles2. Then you could first check whether you actually need improved antennas...

  • @ronboFPV
    @ronboFPV Před 11 dny

    Hey Danny, Thats amazing footage and range. How do you connect the DJI controller to Quad? ELRS?

    • @koalafpv
      @koalafpv Před 9 dny

      O3 Air unit has rx

    • @ronboFPV
      @ronboFPV Před 9 dny

      @@koalafpv Thanks for the reply. Can you send me the instructions on how to connect the DJI controller to a regular ELRS?

    • @koalafpv
      @koalafpv Před 9 dny

      @@ronboFPV that’s like trying to make an elephant speak english. Not possible. It’s 2 different languages. You need a radio with an ELRS Tx to speak to an ELRS Rx

    • @ronboFPV
      @ronboFPV Před 9 dny

      @@koalafpv I'm confused, How did you connect the DJI controller to your quad ?

    • @koalafpv
      @koalafpv Před 9 dny

      @@ronboFPVI didn’t because I fly analog and crossfire lol

  • @hedgefund996
    @hedgefund996 Před 8 dny

    Awesome Flight

  • @guvnormclean
    @guvnormclean Před 12 dny

    that is crazy Danny. you now look like a Cyber Rhino Lol. awesome footage

  • @earthsgrip
    @earthsgrip Před 13 dny +3

    Hmmm. The stock antennas are easily capable of 6km (many have flown 10km+) in FCC mode. You'll likely see better performance if using the DJI stock VTX antenna (dual band linearly polarised) than using LHCP antennas on the VTX side, as you appear to be doing. SMA connectors also create insertion loss.

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      True that an adapter will cause loss, but it's been shown that it's marginal, though there are some cr@py adapter that do have more loss.

    • @earthsgrip
      @earthsgrip Před 9 dny

      @@ugpfpv361 Agree that it can be worthwhile, although most of the adapters used on FPV quads use thin, low grade coax with high loss at 6GHz

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 8 dny

      @@earthsgrip yeah depends on how high gain the antenna are and if it's offset by bad adapters, I've got an antenna vna and have wanted to get some adapters to see what the reflected loss is and compare it to the antenna gain, I'll have to get on that... I'm sure a 10-11db gain antenna would still give you plenty of gain after the loss

    • @earthsgrip
      @earthsgrip Před 8 dny

      @@ugpfpv361 I appreciate you might run a 10dBi antenna on the ground side, but on the air side? High gain antennas are rarely used on the air side because the radiation pattern is impractical, and SMA adapters here are typically causing loss that is not recovered by antenna gain.
      But yes of course in principle antenna gain can outweigh the insertion loss, it just usually doesn't happen in practice on the air side.

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 8 dny

      @@earthsgrip oh the air side, no I was just taking the ground side, yes lots of air side antennas using that crappy coax cable, not to mention ufl... All the more reason to have higher gain on the Rx side

  • @chamaldealwis9
    @chamaldealwis9 Před 14 dny +5

    Could this be used with the avata 2?

  • @tomedward8652
    @tomedward8652 Před 14 dny +5

    Hmmm. Would have liked to see the OSD for the DJI antenna at the same distances to compare to the helical antenna. From what I understand there is little difference with these aftermarket antenna.

    • @undeze
      @undeze Před 13 dny

      Yep, the OSD would have been much better

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      Depends on the setup here, if they are linear antennas on the drone and he's using CP antennas you lose 3db if it's CP to CP yes helical will increase signal

  • @lewis5866
    @lewis5866 Před 13 dny

    Nice scenery. Where is this?

  • @OptiquevideoFPV
    @OptiquevideoFPV Před 12 dny

    What antenna on the drone ?

  • @marc_frank
    @marc_frank Před 4 dny

    how do you not get stressed out with the land now warnings? i know liion can go much lower in voltage, but that was kinda sketchy to me.

  • @IBHobbies
    @IBHobbies Před 13 dny

    Thats my country build ❤❤ thanks man

  • @dustyvegas
    @dustyvegas Před 7 dny

    Work only with g2 ? Or integra too ?

  • @maikwerner7325
    @maikwerner7325 Před 13 dny +1

    Geez, I would have thought with the FAA rules in action, nobody would do any range tests anymore.
    Especially after Wesley Fargy got in trouble with the Aussie government
    But thank you, for the test, it is always great to see how far equipment can be pushed

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      Yeah, guess it depends on which country he claims to be in, and technically in the USA you can get a waiver to go beyond line of sight with the proper conditions

    • @cracklova3299
      @cracklova3299 Před 4 dny

      Its all some bull shittt

  • @CHloras
    @CHloras Před 12 dny +3

    What was the cell voltage when you returned?

  • @swissfpvshots
    @swissfpvshots Před 14 dny +3

    Well, I managed easily 8.7km with exactly the same setup at the beginning. I also fly in Europe, i.e. in the CE area. That means the transmission power is limited.
    The DJI stock antennas are great!

    • @levin7993
      @levin7993 Před 14 dny +1

      8.7 km in CE? Wow …

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      ​@@levin7993yeah I'd have to see a video of that, and on a drone not a wing

  • @samuelevinti
    @samuelevinti Před 13 dny

    that place is beautiful, where is it? US?

  • @marklitvin9291
    @marklitvin9291 Před 14 dny +3

    How did you manage to return it back? I was way more worried about the battery hitting 3.3

    • @asalas88
      @asalas88 Před 14 dny +2

      Li-Ion battery, they can go down to 3.0

    • @wesmagyar
      @wesmagyar Před 14 dny +3

      Lion you can get down to 2.5 under load with good quality ones

  • @azimat0628
    @azimat0628 Před 13 dny

    What about for DJI goggles 3. Can I use the same antenna

  • @nugrostv4600
    @nugrostv4600 Před 13 dny +1

    Woww great long range ...

  • @MUTABAZISTUDIOS
    @MUTABAZISTUDIOS Před 10 dny

    I wonder how low voltage the pack was on arrival

  • @Mad-Coo
    @Mad-Coo Před 8 dny

    Low battery?

  • @maddercat
    @maddercat Před 13 dny

    stick error 😅😆 they say if you loosen it a little it won't have that anymore. Also I heard if you use dji controller with the 03 and you lose signal you can't gett it back or something fucked up happens I forgot what exactly but it wasn't good.

    • @Krash_fpv
      @Krash_fpv Před 12 dny

      Yeah it has to be power cycled

  • @opinions551
    @opinions551 Před 13 dny

    Will these work with the DJI goggles 3

  • @MaxSMoke777
    @MaxSMoke777 Před 13 dny +1

    He-Lick-Cal. Like the Double Helix of DNA. It's a spiral. It's not Hella-Cat.

  • @ozwaldcore
    @ozwaldcore Před 11 dny

    Would it work with the googler 3 + avata 2?

  • @TorontoTowing
    @TorontoTowing Před 13 dny

    Could these be used with dji googles 3

  • @alfindo27
    @alfindo27 Před 13 dny

    ORT from Indonesia 😍😍

  • @SYNAPTICFPV
    @SYNAPTICFPV Před 13 dny +2

    using the dji controller for long range lol nahhh im good. if you lose video you'll lose rx aswell thats a solid nope for LR flying in my books.

    • @Marcarfel
      @Marcarfel Před 13 dny

      Never had that issue with my set, try it by yourself, u can still control the quad when googles are off, I learned that in the wrong way, my goggles battery died in a middle of a flight

    • @SYNAPTICFPV
      @SYNAPTICFPV Před 13 dny

      @@Marcarfel yeah nahh I know how the radio link works I'm not gonna try it for myself thanks LMFAO 🤣

    • @swissfpvshots
      @swissfpvshots Před 13 dny

      I also used the DJI controller for a long time and never had any problems... I even managed 8.7 km distance with it 👍👊

  • @eveninglightphotography9969

    Just thinking out loud but I wonder what the health effects of having an antenna that strong against your brain bucket will be. ...if there were ever a time for a tinfoil hat...this might be it. lol

    • @melon9088
      @melon9088 Před 11 dny +2

      What he used are high gain receiving antennas. This means that you can simply "listen in" better to your video signal. You can think of it as having a bigger microphone to pick up the drone's VTX signal, not a big speaker to talk to the drone. There are no health affects to using such antennas.
      The radio controller on the other hand would be the thing to look at for health effects, it's the one transmitting at one or two watts of power potentially. (Spoiler: it also doesn't do anything to you.)

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 10 dny

      ​​@@melon9088agree, but the goggles do actually transmit also, same as walksnail

  • @100sons
    @100sons Před 14 dny +1

    nothing new here :P and if you are a DIY guy, you can do them yourself too :)

  • @themutantrat7417
    @themutantrat7417 Před 8 dny

    It's pronounced "he-lick-al" it's the geometry of the antenna

  • @Crashtopher
    @Crashtopher Před 14 dny +1

    Great video!! Pronounce it as you would "helix"; the words are related 😘

  • @Krash_fpv
    @Krash_fpv Před 12 dny

    Be careful using dji rc link it shares power with the vtx and can cause failsafe if the vista or air unit needs the power

  • @pedzsan
    @pedzsan Před 11 dny

    I thought there were receivers that used the cell tower network. Why not just use that and you would have infinite range?

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      Latency

    • @pedzsan
      @pedzsan Před 11 dny

      @@ugpfpv361 Ahh….

    • @rubengarciajr7560
      @rubengarciajr7560 Před 11 dny

      Dustin Dunnill did a video of using LTE network to fly in his Parrot

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      @@rubengarciajr7560 yeah that was a while ago, with something like a wing I can see but for a drone doing something like driving mountains or flying closer to the ground, the latency is not low enough, pretty cool though

  • @wwzrd0
    @wwzrd0 Před 7 dny

    bro is at 4km away with 3.3 voltage is making me nervoud

  • @rasheedalrashedi
    @rasheedalrashedi Před 13 dny

    Why am I panicking on your behalf seeing the battery level at 3.28 while you are still insisting on flying farther and farther?? 😂

    • @huzafah_
      @huzafah_ Před 13 dny +3

      Lithium ion can go down to 2.5 unlike Lipo 3.5

    • @rasheedalrashedi
      @rasheedalrashedi Před 12 dny +1

      @@huzafah_ I see!! Thanks a lot for the info!

    • @huzafah_
      @huzafah_ Před 12 dny

      @@rasheedalrashedi yes.. everything is everywhere. A definite rabbit hole i’d say 😂

  • @KainniaK
    @KainniaK Před 10 dny +3

    6 km is not long range, that's mid range. 30 km is long range. I mean, any 03 or 04 unit will go 34km out of the box and even an avata 2 can make it 5 km and back with ZERO modifications. Sorry but 6 km is NOT long range anymore.

  • @maddercat
    @maddercat Před 13 dny +1

    hell-i-cal 🤣

  • @ugpfpv361
    @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

    At least here in the usa it's pronounced Heelical... And where is the 6km?

  • @ronboFPV
    @ronboFPV Před 9 dny

    where is you donate button?

  • @dimasoktova1724
    @dimasoktova1724 Před 13 dny

    🇮🇩 Indonesian 🔥🔥🔥

  • @squirrelynutz1
    @squirrelynutz1 Před 12 dny

    Truerc x -air 20km easily with o3

  • @adamvalencia1413
    @adamvalencia1413 Před 13 dny +1

    Im sure everyone would say its a "safe" level but id love to measure the amount of radiation going through the brain is with this... its can't be good... this might be an actual real word use for tinfoil hats lol

    • @ruebenfilmz
      @ruebenfilmz Před 13 dny

      You have no videos to present

    • @adamvalencia1413
      @adamvalencia1413 Před 12 dny

      present what? I said id love to, haven't done it yet but you can read about radiation effects on the brain from almost any prestigious college there's a million of them, and deductive reasoning while something in large doses can kill you the same thing in small will not, and labeled "Safe" to protect the free market and not outlaw the millions of products that cause cancer and such but still in small does isn't good. if you live in California you would see alllll the products that's cause cancer and reproductive harm, almost all plastic products have that label on them in ca even fast food. its legal to sell and "safe" yet still causes that as stated by the warning labels... sooo I mean it does obviously cause harm the question is hoe much...

    • @Krash_fpv
      @Krash_fpv Před 12 dny

      Your phone is doing way more

    • @adamvalencia1413
      @adamvalencia1413 Před 11 dny

      @@Krash_fpv you are also using your phone for it plus the antenna on your head.. those are much more powerful antennas and a google search shows it uses 3x more than the average phone plus the phone so its like having maybe 4 phones strapped to your head, also phones have radiation caps in most places by law... these have none and are most likely capable of producing much more than they already do, depending on what they are doing or updates...

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      ​@@adamvalencia1413because it's a directional antenna it's actually less signal "shooting " into the brain than the stock antennas, in fact even higher gain directional antennas would even have less signal shooting back

  • @Krash_fpv
    @Krash_fpv Před 12 dny

    You were at 3.4 volts and 4.2 km u must be on lithium ion packs

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny +1

      Yes that's what he said in the video

  • @rockfordian23
    @rockfordian23 Před 7 dny

    This gave me anxiety.

  • @Mike-jg9fp
    @Mike-jg9fp Před 14 dny

    I bought the Yagi Antennas Signal Booster but I haven’t try them. Have anybody used them?

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      You mean yagi antennas?

    • @Mike-jg9fp
      @Mike-jg9fp Před 10 dny

      @@ugpfpv361 ummm, yes, that is exactly what I wrote...

  • @sogol09
    @sogol09 Před 13 dny +1

    ORT 6 turn is better

    • @ugpfpv361
      @ugpfpv361 Před 11 dny

      And a 12 turn is better than a 6 turn ...

  • @kheankimhong
    @kheankimhong Před 14 dny

    ❤❤❤😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉

  • @tommtee
    @tommtee Před 13 dny +1

    DJI RC is the biggest dogshit I've ever seen. Just use crsf its a bit more expensive but so much better. Also any crsf or elrs radio can do 1000% of what the dji rc can.

  • @chrisbee5481
    @chrisbee5481 Před 14 dny

    6km out is no problem with stock DJI. These antenna will be better for like 10km or more

    • @mrantssfpv
      @mrantssfpv Před 13 dny

      He showed at around 2.6 with stock he was getting orange signal display

    • @BrandonBeans
      @BrandonBeans Před 13 dny +4

      @@mrantssfpv yeah, but a lot of us are already going 2 to 4 times as far on the stock o3 setup (on drone and goggles). DJI already did a great job with their antenna design, idk if any of us are going to improve on that using trial and error tests. The flyfishrc long o3 IS better, but it's exactly like the stock just longer.

  • @karllauer6452
    @karllauer6452 Před 7 dny

    Antman😂

  • @foxxo-dev
    @foxxo-dev Před 14 dny +1

    10th!!!

  • @serval_fpv
    @serval_fpv Před 8 dny

    Helicals lol aint rocket science LR pilots been using thrm for years you can even make you're own...

  • @AndreyZzz
    @AndreyZzz Před 14 dny

    👍👍👌

  • @a180combatbowsergamepro6
    @a180combatbowsergamepro6 Před 14 dny +1

    But the dji is 999 and can already go much farther than 6

  • @robertnastasi4738
    @robertnastasi4738 Před 13 dny +1

    boring

  • @JancoKock
    @JancoKock Před 4 dny

    "amplify the signal from your goggles" uh,, what?

  • @HzOo007
    @HzOo007 Před 13 dny

    Omg 😂😂😂