Dji Mavic Mini MANUAL VS AUTO Transmission 2.4 ghz SIGNAL STRENGTH RANGE TEST || WHICH IS BEST?
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- In this video I answer a question that has long been debated amongst fellow mini owners, On longer flights does setting a manual 2.4Ghz channel on your DJI mavic mini before take off give a better range and stronger signal than leaving it on auto? Check out the video to see what happens!
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Well done mate. This video is gonna shake a few trees. Look forward to the next one..
Thanks man! you know me! just like to do the tests and people make of it what they wish! thanks for your support as always mate
Nice and great video. I also have this drone, but never flight over 300m high or 2000m far. Most of our areas are hills, very danger!
Once dropped down due to lost signal and strong wind from 200m h, few times hit buildings and hard surfaces, but not damaged...
And again, once sleeping under the deep river for 15mins, still good and fly fly fly till now!
Its miracle! I do not know how good is this DRONE!
Good morning my drone brother. 😂 hey we both love ❤️ our Dii Mavic Mini. Although a lot of people hate it because is such a tiny bird, but it has the capability of flying and handling like a big boy. Thanks sooo much for sharing. You have a Big Fan and a Big Supporter here Brother. Have a great day Captain 👨✈️. Thanks for all you do and please keep flying.
Here also a big fan of the MM 👍🇨🇻
Thank for your kind words as always! take care my man! safe flying with this amazing drone!
I'm fairly certain channels can't change during the flight in Auto Mode despite what they've told you mate. Auto Mode just means it selects what it believes is the best channel pre-flight. Kinda pointless if you ask me when wifi interference can vary wildly during a flight depending on your flight path.
I absolutely agree with you, I can only go by what I was told by DJI that channels CAN change during flight but all the evidence I have seen... And now tested is that manual channel gives a better range anyway so I have found. Thanks for the comment it's all appreciated
One thing to note. In 2.4ghz there's only 3 channels that not overlapping each other. Channels 1, 6 and 11. All other channels over lap each other. Not mean maybe nothing middle of country side, but never know.
Yeah, for this reason I usually fly channel 1 for manual mode, I really appreciate your comment thank you
GAVINHR SO BEAUTIFUL THERE!!! I got my yagis today… not looking to send my mini however to ensure a more solid connection. I have some (not so great)footage from where I’m from. Enjoy if you take a look.
I will certainly take a look! Thank you for your comment ! It is a very scenic location isn't it!
GAVINHR yes sir. The children bought the mini for Father’s Day… it’s been a roller coaster of excitement and scary uncertainty!! Lol I have been able to benefit from your posts! I thank you for sharing your information and test results! I hope to graduate to the mavic air 2. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🤙🏾🤙🏾👍🏾
Another great test. I'm always a bit afraid when you take it to the limit, cause, unlike other testers, you have no safe spots to land (in case the battery has reached its limit, for example)...
Noticed that, after all the testing and comparisons between the p mode and s mode, you ended up using p mode for these tests and didn't even comment why. Was it the thing we spoke about, regarding the its life time (how many charges they would last)?
Not sure if you have already another project in hands, but a friend that lives in a big busy town as raised a problem that I haven't antecipated: despite the fact that he has a CE version, he only flies in 5,8GHz. That's because WiFi traffic is so heavy, that he gets nowhere in 2,4GHz and even in 5,8GHz, his flights are very limited. He uses the parabolic reflectors (and fcc hacked mode) to increase the length and I suggested the modified yagis, to achieve a better range, but that raised the question of how far can one go in 5,8GHz, so... when will you test it? :‐)
You could do the same tests you just did, in the 5,8GHz mode (with parabolics and 5,8 yagis... the x-yagi are better, but only found them in the USA, so they'd take forever, for you to have a chance to test those).
Take care :-)
Carlos! Thank you for your comment and there is one simple answer! This video was done at the same time as my lost connection / para vs yagi video! but I had other videos on the go and delayed this one therefore this was BEFORE I figured out that flying in sport mode was more efficient. I have a new video dropping tomorrow night testing aluminium / brass and copper yagi's and on that video (recorded yesterday) I fly out in sport mode as per our conversation. I will at some point test out the 5.8, I need to get a set of 5.8 yagis and test them against the parabolics. Appreciate your comment and feedback as always!
You have a brilliant drone there friend they are amazing for video quality and photos we haven't had our drones to long but we've made some really cool videos with them.. your video was awesome by the way very instructional.. keep up the great work.. full watch.. liked and subscribed.. we will support you
Thank you so much 👍
One thing I've been wondering.. if you set it to say channel 2 because it isn't used at your location, what if you fly it 1km away but then Channel 2 is heavily populated with traffic. You would potentially suffer a lot of signal issues but IF what DJI say is true and it switches channels around in auto, this could possibly help out. Did DJI confirm if it will switch between 5.8 and 2.4 mode in flight, or does it stick to whatever band it decided before take off?
Excellent test! Gives us all the confidence in the DJI Mavic Mini. Cheers
Good video. Imagine how far I'd have gone past the 7km if I'd have put it in manual!
Thanks Pete! I did the copper Vs brass Vs aluminium Yagi test today... That will be going live in the next day or so... Then it's your parayagis! Can't wait!
Excellent!
I did a test in Europe 5km +, without signal amplifiers ... You can watch on my channel ..
I noticed it showed you weren’t pointing your controller at the drone which should help with signal
To be fair the compass as the bottom needed calibration as it was out, I was pointing at the drone at all times :)
Great video. I have a question: what do you think would happen if you put the drone in auto mode and use 2.4ghz yagi on one antenna and 5.8ghz on the other one? Does this even make sense? Thanks
Hi and thanks for the comment. Basically there would be no point in doing this in auto mode, when you take off the frequency is locked in, according to DJI the channel itself can change with the frequency but not the frequency itself. So if you took off in 2.4ghz it stays there even in auto and the same for 5.8! I fully see why you are asking but unfortunately it won't do anything beneficial, once in flight you need to use the correct yagis for the frequency on both antennas. Hope this helps
GAVINHR thanks for the comment! Keep up the good work!
greetings from brazil 🇧🇷last flight or battery level is much better now in green more visible
Indeed! For some reason I do not have the update yet!
I notice that you are pointing your controller 90 degrees away from your drone. If there is any directionality with your controller or antennae, that would affect your signal strength. Maybe re-test with your controller properly oriented?
Yes indeed, having my controller pointing 90 degrees away would affect it however that was not the case, it was the compass indicator that always seemed to display incorrectly and I was pointing the controller to the drone 😊 hope this clarifies
i think you want to lose your mini mavic u keep pressuring it hahaaa good video 😂👍
Pahahha it's all good fun! I just like to answer the questions so others don't lose theirs 😁
thanks a lot mate
This may be a stupid question!? , but is it a possibility the mini2 was picking up the fog better because of 4k??
There is always that possibility, because after the fog lifted later on you can see at the end of the video the footage is brilliant
Excuse me, i want to ask something about manual transmission. Sorry if i disturb you, also sorry about my bad grammar, hope you can respond to my question
My drone is Mavic Mini CE Version
I just want to ask this, when it comes to select the transmission manually, how to choose the best channel ? I still don't fully understand about that, about green bars, should i choosing the highest or the lowest one ? And should i choose a bar that has no red bar around it ? Any more explanation about this channel selection thing ?
So, you want to be choosing a green bar, and you want it to be as LOW as possible. The main channels are 1,6,9 so ideally you want to be using one of those , and yes you are correct try and use one where there is no red bar next to it. I hope this helps you.
@@GAVINHR thank you for your response, sir ! :)
Great info’s!! Is it true that in manual transmission it is possible to lose control over the drone as the Chanel might become unstable? My drone was once carried away to one side on its own and that’s what the seller ( dji retailer) told me. That in manual transmission, there are chances for the drone to fly away from our control because of the unstable chanel in manual transmission. So is it true?
No I wouldn't say that was true at all, in fact you are giving the drone a chance to have a better connection by picking a manual channel ! I did a video recently in how to fix bad range on the Mavic mini and showed that the drone picked a high interference channel in auto mode!
@@GAVINHR alright will check out that video as well. Thank you for the reply 😊
when you did this test, did you use any of the parabolic range extenders or the yagis?
Hi there! No for this test both drones were in stock form with no extenders used :)
@@GAVINHR thanks
Sir can you share location of place where this video shooted , I just want to try this location in fake GPS
Could it be that auto works better in a congested area to switch in a busy spectrum? Your test bed was fairly static with little change to the frequency spectrum as you flew.
Hello I have the Mini SE and in urban sites the drone can only travel until 150 meters away and then it disconnects and it activates RTH. Is it normal? I line in Guatemala, so I dont know if it affects the signal. Thank you.
While in flight in manual mode can you manually change the channel if you are getting a degraded signal? Also Can you go from Manuel to auto mid flight?
Not on the Mavic mini no, as soon as you take off it is "locked in"
@@GAVINHR I am using the mini se. Same settings?
@@paytoncat yes all the same
Hi mate great videos do you have one that explains hz options like what's the difference between 2.4 and 5.8 and what the difference between the red and green bars and what's the best to use I can't find any vidoes explaining this cheers
Hi, sorry the the delay! I don't have a video specifically, however, the red means high interference on that channel and the green means less, you want to pick the bar which is a LOW as possible, its easy to think the bars represent signal strength but they dont they are interference, you want to select the most stable ie not moving up and down and the one which is the LOWEST. 2.4ghz is more subject to interference but gives a longer range, 5.8ghz is less susceptible but gives a shorter range! I can make a video explaining all this if you would benefit from it :) hope this helps
@@GAVINHR hey mate thanks for the reply nope that makes perfect sense to me iv watched all your other vids and I understood how it works now thnaks again and keep up the great work mate doing a awesome job 👍🏻
@@GAVINHR I recently bought a couple of yagi`s antennas 5,8 ghz,should/must i change the setting to 5,8 ghz or 2,4 ghz when using them?
That is exactly the case. Setting the right channel / frequency is important for quality of signal. If you're in the city use the 5.8ghz ones with a 5.8ghz channel and out in the countryside 2.4ghz. hope that helps
@@GAVINHR So far ive only used the mini in short distance flights in forest areas,with the auto setting,since im quite new to the drone hobby.
Your screen shows that you are directing your signal 45 degrees away from the drone, you are not facing the antenna's in the direction of flight you are literally standing sideways to where it is flying away from you - why do this? Was this just a bad oversight and making the reception pointless? This sounds pretty trolly and critical I know, but I would have thought it is an important thing not to overlook. Getting these tests right depends on very sound fundamentals. pretty pointless doing these practical tests if the theory is flawed to begin worth, sorry but just my penny's worth.
Where do you get the Yagi from? Can you recommend? Cheers
Mate I’d get Parayagis if I was you. I got them and my drone reached 6,000m range
Do you have the FCC model? The 2.4ghz are always red on my CE
Hi Gaz, It is definitely the CE model, that is strange, does it do that at more than one location?
@@GAVINHR had 2 test flights.. But to be fair they've been at a really busy beach, taking it out on a walk today... I'll give it a shot there, great videos mate.. Getting some range exteenders next!
How do I know which channel is the strongest?
When you select a manual channel the one with the LOWEST green bar is the strongest. The display actually indicates interference not signal strength - the higher the bar the most interference you have so select the lowest
@@GAVINHR thankyou! There’s me thinking it was the highest green bar 😂🤦🏻♂️
Everyone does :) haha easy mistake!
@@GAVINHR sorry got another question. Which parayagi dare the best for a urban area with lots of houses and buildings? 2.4 or 5.8?
5.8 versions for built up areas :)
How can yours go to 3000 meters? My doesn’t even go to 400 meters?
Range extenders make a huge difference!
how do I know which channel to choose
Lowest green bar
@@GAVINHR but isn't 2.4 better for countryside and 5.8 better for residential?
Hello bud that was a great range test with the two different settings manual is much better from watching this video and i did a video of a range test with auto mode and got a lost signal for ages and only went to 3400feet and thought it was gone on the first day flying it but it came back check it in my channel great video big like from me bud keep safe and fly safe 😎😎😎🤘
That's crazy! If you see my video of what happened it was gone for over 4 minutes, scary as hell! Thank you for the like it's really much appreciated! I will certainly check that out pal! Thank you for the comment and same flying also 🙂
@@GAVINHR yeah it is scary but it always comes back to you bud great little drone and takes great video's and photos 😎🤘🤘🤘
@@eyeintheskiesdavid9277 exactly! I am contemplating the MA2 but we will see
@@GAVINHR yeah I'm trying to get the wife to get the mavic 2 zoom but if not ill have to settle for a MA2 myself new video just uploaded and a new one for tomorrow keep safe and fly safe my friend 😎😎🤘🤘