Matrice 300 RTK Real World Range Test

[@emgab]

That was an awesome flight demonstration of the capabilities of the RTK300 - I’m deeply impressed - thank you for your time and sharing the video - stay healthy and take care

[@zaynniko5545]

A tip : you can watch series at Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching a lot of movies during the lockdown.

[@terrellantonio5319]

@Zayn Niko yup, I have been watching on Flixzone for since december myself =)

[@roderickwinslow8642]

Awesome brother I will keep you in my prayers!

[@markgiles8527]

Over 13km away. Great Scott, that’s awesome!

[@Jettplane006]

That’s only with battery and video imagine how much further you could fly, even though you won’t be able to see you will go much further

[@thedeadbaby]

so it went 13 km out, then came back the same 13 km essentially?

[@Soldierboy1986]

I love the battery life of that aircraft, and I can imagine the videography I could do with that, except for the fact that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to to fly in zones where before i could!

[@kingvally]

This is very true, this is exactly why I have become skilled at crossing lakes, on that note I have to release the latest of the Matrice crossing lake Apopka.

[@mikel9567]

That's pretty impressive. I just got the Mavic Mini for Christmas and I'm still trying to get comfortable with letting it go. Took it up to about 150ft today and was pretty nerve wracking seeing it that high up, though the view was pretty amazing. Next up will be actually flying the drone off my property. I'm not as comfortable doing flights like yours with mini because of the wifi instead of the Occu Sync system. I live in western WA though and if I can get comfortable with it, got some gorgeous scenery to see.

[@kingvally]

awesome brother, please share some of your gorgeous views !!!

[@bosbombo2408]

This is amazing

[@Ilove_me12919]

I really hope to someday be in a position to where I can get this rig. I'm all about range. My DJI Air 2 goes pretty far, which is great for exploring the countryside.

[@jorlandrohopper2564]

Great video and amazing drone

[@Soldierboy1986]

Was this a waypoint flight, or straight flight, because I’m noticing that you still have signal, and I’ve only attained that kind of distance during waypoint flights, with the Phantom 4 pro, and Mavic 2 pro?

[@kingvally]

It was all Me Brother, dont really trust waypoints yet. maybe you can mentor me?

[@Soldierboy1986]

@@kingvally I have no issues with that. I started out with a cheaper standard, and allowed that to make the flights first, at 100’ AGL, because I knew that nothing here was taller then that except towers which I mapped out and avoided. I then sent both the standard and P4P on a formation flight on the same waypoint mission via my iPhone, and iPad , and they both returned and landed on my lawn. I started using Litchi, which was better then the DJI program for waypoints, and the rest is history. I’ve done that distance with 12 % battery left.

[@matom2473]

Did you use the ground station?

[@VictoriaAerial]

Nice range. We are hoping to get TC approval to do such flights with the M300 for long range deliveries and other logistical support.

[@speedbird737]

wow very brave - no way I would have flown that distance with my m300 as it cost me ££££££ !!

[@wadebradsher2973]

Which controller are you using? Going to be honest I’ve been less than thrilled with my 300. Get it past a mile and a half all service is lost.

[@kingvally]

Good afternoon my friend. I am sorry to hear that! What is the orientation office your antennas? I am using the enterprise RC Pro.

[@wadebradsher2973]

@@kingvally I have the smart enterprise controller. I try to keep the antennas pointing straight out the back

[@kingvally]

Then that would be your problem, what you are experiencing is attenuation from the antennas. The antennas should be pointed down with the flat surfaces pointing outward, or if their crafts above, they should be pointing straight out with the flat surfaces pointing upward.

[@dronenomadix2750]

How is this range possible? I am using the m300 with the d-rtk2 station. I believe I have ocusync on and I have never seen the blue icon on the top middle of my screen. I am at the highest elevation on some sites and as soon as I start getting 1000-2000ft out it starts to lose signal. If I am doing something wrong and you have any advice? Thanks in advance!

[@ryanmill2590]

Yea same here, mine goes max 2km before the signal cuts out

[@debris1978]

Keep in mind the frequency is first of all. You can see 5.8G over there that means relatively clear radio environment. And of course it's FCC mode.

[@bosbombo2408]

How can I reach you about the m300? I have a couple questions

[@kingvally]

Good morning Brother, I think you can setup a private chat, but I'm not sure. I never had to use this feature before.

[@bosbombo2408]

Yeah, I couldn't find a way to do it. I wanted to know how did you get that range. Were you on top of a building, did you have stock antenna or signal boosters? I get scared to fly a certain distance because my RC switches for strong to weak constantly

[@kingvally]

Good morning friend, All systems are stock. What is important is your line of sight, antennas' direction, and angle. If your antennas are in a horizontal orientation, you will experience attenuation, which would cause the symptoms you are describing. Please ensure your antennas are vertical facing in the direction you are flying. Lastly, complete an IMU calibration in the area you flying to help normalize various external signals. Fly safe friend, and may God bless you and yours!

[@YOUYOU-go1yx]

How to open the distance range, the distance does not exceed 8000 km

[@charlestoast4051]

Excellent! But why did you fly back so slowly?

[@kingvally]

So focus on the surrounding, sometimes I forget to monitor speed...

[@andik859]

Wow. This was a long way. 👍

[@jameshickman2584]

How did you get so far? I can only get 3.5km with mine.

[@kingvally]

Good morning James What does your line of sight look like?

[@jameshickman2584]

@@kingvally Thanks for the reply. My LOS is very clear here, no objects in the way and clear skys. the humidity is a little hight and the outside temperature is 38ºC/100ºF Flew at 330-500ft.

[@MattCanning97]

Was this done in sports mode or position mode? :)

[@kingvally]

Normal...P mode

[@matom2473]

Did you use the ground station?

[@kingvally]

Good morning friend, No I did not, I don't need that level of precision.

[@erezyisrael1866]

29 km wtf.... Phantom 4 pro with range with range extender 9 km

[@joeyanderson6660]

Hi I'm looking for a drone that has the following features Night vision or thermal, 50 min or more flight time, great zoom camera, unlimited range and would perfer most weather flight if possible Any ideas? Btw you got urself a new subscriber

[@Robin-wr4jq]

Well this drone has 55min flight time. Thermal, 40times zoom and 200 digital. Resists up to 40kmh of wind.

[@joeyanderson6660]

@@Robin-wr4jq what's the cost? And what abt flying in the rain?

[@markgiles8527]

Not too bad. Not sure the $19K price tag is justified or not though.

[@santiagotrujillo2656]

Mark that aircraft doesn't cost 19K, unless we're not talking about USD. I think the one I got for my company was around 6K for just the aircraft. You do have to buy the battery station since it's the only way to charge the batteries and each battery is around 500-600 USD.

[@markgiles8527]

@@santiagotrujillo2656 True that. Just had to come back and take another look at this flight. Here in Australia, I have seen the M300 for around AUD$13000. But, like you say, still needs batteries, etc etc. What do you think of the M30?

[@santiagotrujillo2656]

@@markgiles8527 depends on what you're thinking on using the M30 for. Inspection, search and rescue surveillance go ahead, for LiDAR it won't work as the landing gear is very short for third party payloads or even the L1 and flight time is about 30% less than M300. For photogrammetry I'd still go for the m300 because of its flight time.

[@David_Mash]

I wish there was a steady mode, its just soooo unstable. This could never take good video the way it is now.

[@kingvally]

that's because i am only flying the FPV camera to conserve enegy, when the H20 is attach then you see stabilize video at its Greatest!

[@David_Mash]

@@kingvally so when you zoom with the h20, you have a stable image? The video feed on the new FLIR Thermal Zoom on the DJI gimbal is all over the place. The m300 in general seems to have a lot of wobble.

[@kingvally]

@@David_Mash this is very typical with digital zoom, however, the matrice 300 does an awesome good compared to the alternatives. optical zoom is rock steady...check out my other matrice videos that shows some of what i am talking about. God bless my friend...

[@user-jt5vm3mi1w]

illegal flight

[@adnanadnanovice3158]

Marg bar amrica

[@joelhiltz3329]

couldn't hear a thing he said, fail

[@user-jt5vm3mi1w]

turn on sound