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Hello, I have done some trawling but not really finding the advice, or information that leads to a good understanding about how two handed operation works with the inspire.
I work as photographer with a colleague who is pilot. We have our controllers set up as master and slave (not sure I like being slave) and whilst working, the master controller seems, with very few exceptions, to maintain a reasonable controlling connection with the drone.
The slave on the other hand has an intermittent connection as often as not with the image. When flying at height making a panorama or a slow video shot, there is nothing as frustrating as green bands or grey dominating the screen and loss of control. This frustration is compounded when you add the battery time that might be lost to go and revisit the aerial location.
It seems that the slave control works from the master (?). If so are the aerials on the slave controller being used at all? Or, more to the point, could someone please tell me just how the connection works. I always thought that the slave communicated with the drone, until I read that the two controllers should be within fifty feet of one another.
I had thought that to boost the video down signal, there would need to be an upgrade to the airside of the drone, but if its picking up its signal from the master controller that might not be the case.
A problem we often have is when flying in London, there is a lot of spurious radio interference (some of it apparently to stop people from hacking wifi in financial buildings), which gets in the way, especially of the video signal. To have a good video signal at 100 metres would be a good thing... I am not interested in the claims of three and four mile capability.
Last week we were filming at a stately home, mostly fine, but at around 100 metres away, the video from time to time went intermittent.
Is there a clear description of how the communication system works in the Inspire?
If any one has the patience to explain, or can direct me to where this information is clearly laid out and can be understood by someone who is not an electrical engineer I would be most grateful....
With best wishes to all
If I've put this post in the wrong place, Ed please adjust accordingly.
Hugh
I work as photographer with a colleague who is pilot. We have our controllers set up as master and slave (not sure I like being slave) and whilst working, the master controller seems, with very few exceptions, to maintain a reasonable controlling connection with the drone.
The slave on the other hand has an intermittent connection as often as not with the image. When flying at height making a panorama or a slow video shot, there is nothing as frustrating as green bands or grey dominating the screen and loss of control. This frustration is compounded when you add the battery time that might be lost to go and revisit the aerial location.
It seems that the slave control works from the master (?). If so are the aerials on the slave controller being used at all? Or, more to the point, could someone please tell me just how the connection works. I always thought that the slave communicated with the drone, until I read that the two controllers should be within fifty feet of one another.
I had thought that to boost the video down signal, there would need to be an upgrade to the airside of the drone, but if its picking up its signal from the master controller that might not be the case.
A problem we often have is when flying in London, there is a lot of spurious radio interference (some of it apparently to stop people from hacking wifi in financial buildings), which gets in the way, especially of the video signal. To have a good video signal at 100 metres would be a good thing... I am not interested in the claims of three and four mile capability.
Last week we were filming at a stately home, mostly fine, but at around 100 metres away, the video from time to time went intermittent.
Is there a clear description of how the communication system works in the Inspire?
If any one has the patience to explain, or can direct me to where this information is clearly laid out and can be understood by someone who is not an electrical engineer I would be most grateful....
With best wishes to all
If I've put this post in the wrong place, Ed please adjust accordingly.
Hugh
