My Inspire 1 arrived back late Wednesday from the LA repair facility after a LONG visit. That being water over the dam, I’ll get into my latest issue. The DJI repair facility elected to replace my original Inspire that I flew since February. I anticipated some tasks that would be necessary to return to the flight line again with the Inspire 1. I did, while the AC was in LA, purchase a P3P as a backup and plan B.
Knowing that the new AC would require binding to my transmitter (I didn’t send in to repair), I first checked the state of the AC and transmitter for their respective firmware status. I found that I had to get them in sync on the 1.2.16 prior to doing anything. I then did the binding procedure as noted in the manual and had no problems. Next, I upgraded both the AC and the two transmitters to firmware 1.3.0 with no issues.
At this point, I moved to my battery maintenance and had to upgrade 4 bat’s to 1.3.0 and start the process (>4hrs) to cycle the batteries down to <5% and recharge. At this stage, I was fighting a “weak RC transmission signal” but continued until all batteries were complete. Next, I moved to upgrade the Inspire 1 to 1.4.10 firmware leaving the transmitter at 1.3.0 per instructions.
At this point, I have the Inspire 1 on all of the latest firmware, my P3P on all of the latest firmware, and the DJI Go app on latest version. I use the same tablet to fly both ACs.
First test flight of the Inspire 1, I had a persistent weak RC transmission message so I kept it close (<10’) to the transmitter. I removed the failsafe altitude and kept the AC within 10’ of ground after updating the home point. I had to struggle to get the landing gear back down even though I never raised them and the “adaptive landing” setting was off. Signal in and out, so I walked a circle around the AC at 10’ to try and remedy to no avail. I finally lowered the AC to 1.5m to lower to allow me to lower landing gear and land.
After stowing the Inspire 1, I took out the P3P in the same spot with the same tablet and app running and had no issues whatever. I flew it to 1.5km away at 120m alt AHP, again with no issues. Same exact location, same tablet and app with extremely different results.
I opted to go back, recharge everything (RC, tablet, flight batteries, etc) and when done, re-bind the transmitter to the Inspire 1. Subsequent test flight with the SAME results as above, including the after test flight of the P3P. I never had RC transmission issues in the beginning while flying the Inspire 1, but they are prevalent now. I cannot use this AC until this is solved.
I hope I’ve given enough information above to allow for the remedy to my situation. I will wait and read for suggestions to fix this issue.
In closing, I have one thought. The airspace is the easy issue in the future of our flight. The bandwidth and radio spectrum is the huge hurdle that lies ahead.
Knowing that the new AC would require binding to my transmitter (I didn’t send in to repair), I first checked the state of the AC and transmitter for their respective firmware status. I found that I had to get them in sync on the 1.2.16 prior to doing anything. I then did the binding procedure as noted in the manual and had no problems. Next, I upgraded both the AC and the two transmitters to firmware 1.3.0 with no issues.
At this point, I moved to my battery maintenance and had to upgrade 4 bat’s to 1.3.0 and start the process (>4hrs) to cycle the batteries down to <5% and recharge. At this stage, I was fighting a “weak RC transmission signal” but continued until all batteries were complete. Next, I moved to upgrade the Inspire 1 to 1.4.10 firmware leaving the transmitter at 1.3.0 per instructions.
At this point, I have the Inspire 1 on all of the latest firmware, my P3P on all of the latest firmware, and the DJI Go app on latest version. I use the same tablet to fly both ACs.
First test flight of the Inspire 1, I had a persistent weak RC transmission message so I kept it close (<10’) to the transmitter. I removed the failsafe altitude and kept the AC within 10’ of ground after updating the home point. I had to struggle to get the landing gear back down even though I never raised them and the “adaptive landing” setting was off. Signal in and out, so I walked a circle around the AC at 10’ to try and remedy to no avail. I finally lowered the AC to 1.5m to lower to allow me to lower landing gear and land.
After stowing the Inspire 1, I took out the P3P in the same spot with the same tablet and app running and had no issues whatever. I flew it to 1.5km away at 120m alt AHP, again with no issues. Same exact location, same tablet and app with extremely different results.
I opted to go back, recharge everything (RC, tablet, flight batteries, etc) and when done, re-bind the transmitter to the Inspire 1. Subsequent test flight with the SAME results as above, including the after test flight of the P3P. I never had RC transmission issues in the beginning while flying the Inspire 1, but they are prevalent now. I cannot use this AC until this is solved.
I hope I’ve given enough information above to allow for the remedy to my situation. I will wait and read for suggestions to fix this issue.
In closing, I have one thought. The airspace is the easy issue in the future of our flight. The bandwidth and radio spectrum is the huge hurdle that lies ahead.
