Poor range

Kenneth Jackson · Jul 8, 2018

I was flying away from everything in a cow pasture with a Spark remote. I could only get 250-280 feet away before total loss of signal. It's very disappointing. Is something wrong with my Spark or remote? I think my Tello can almost get that range.

lmel2005 · Jul 9, 2018

Are you in a CE country?

Try to manually chose a 2.4g channel.

Kenneth Jackson · Jul 9, 2018

lmel2005 said:
Are you in a CE country?

Try to manually chose a 2.4g channel.

I'm in Texas. I'll try 2.4g

lmel2005 · Jul 9, 2018

Do you have the same range in every place you are flying?

Kenneth Jackson · Jul 9, 2018

lmel2005 said:
Do you have the same range in every place you are flying?

I've never tried going farther.

Northwood Mediaworks · Jul 9, 2018

Is it your video feed failing or is the spark disconnecting from the RC and returning to home?Are you near an urban area or way out in the country?

Kenneth Jackson · Jul 9, 2018

Video feed froze then wifi weak warning then no controls. I was at least 3/4 of a mile away from the nearest home. I was able to walk forward a few feet and gain control to get it back to me.

Northwood Mediaworks · Jul 9, 2018

Could be interference... do you have any bluetooth stuff near by? Your car close by? And the antennae are parallel to the bird? What altitude was all this at?

Kenneth Jackson · Jul 9, 2018

No bluetooth. I wasn't really looking at the antenna. Car was not close to me. Just cows walking around

Hddeuce03 · Jul 9, 2018

How high were you? The higher up, the better the vector and range will be. Also ensure your antenna are bent up and pointing perpendicular to the Spark.

Kenneth Jackson · Jul 9, 2018

I was less then 100 feet up

Gareth · Jul 10, 2018

Kenneth Jackson said:
I was less then 100 feet up

You need to convert from CE region to FCC

John Bell · Jul 10, 2018

I had similar problems. I deleted the DJI Go 4 app and then re-installed. Have had one flight since then with no problems. I’m using an iPhone 7 connected to RC via WiFi.

lmel2005 · Jul 10, 2018

I would try to fly in 2-3 different places, to see if range is everywhere the same (poor).

Before this, check if you are in FCC mode, as you should be.

John.H · Jul 10, 2018

How does one pilot review the mode he’s flying in, CE & FCC? And what does that stand for?

Kenneth Jackson · Jul 12, 2018

How do I verify that I am in FcC mode?

lmel2005 · Jul 12, 2018

In djigo4 app, open WiFi settings page. If you see 11 channels in 2.4 GHz band, you are in FCC mode.

If you see 13 channels, you are in CE mode.

John Bell · Jul 13, 2018

How do I switch between FCC and CE mode?

lmel2005 · Jul 13, 2018

John Bell said:
How do I switch between FCC and CE mode?

Your drone will automatically switch in FCC mode, if you fly in us.

For forced switching FCC mode, there are many threads in this forum, and many YT videos.

John Bell · Jul 13, 2018

lmel2005 said:
Your drone will automatically switch in FCC mode, if you fly in us.

For forced switching FCC mode, there are many threads in this forum, and many YT videos.

Thanks!