PARABOLIC VS YAGI ANTENNA RANGE EXTENDER TEST DJI MAVIC MINI CE 2.4ghz
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- FINAL BATTLE OF THE RANGE EXTENDERS! THIS is the ultimate battle and most fair test of the DJI Mavic mini CE range extenders! Taking on board comments from my last video, I flew this amazing drone over land firstly with the 2.4ghz yagi extenders then change to the parabolic reflector mirrors on a manual 2.4ghz channel and at a set height through the start and I don't adjust the height at ANY point.
Hopefully this is the final video you have all being waiting for! Which one will win? MAKE SURE TO WRITE IN THE COMMENTS BELOW WHAT YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN!
Following on from my previous test found HERE • DJI Mavic Mini CE ULTI...
EQUIPMENT USED : DJI MAVIC MINI : amzn.to/3deQPGg
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DJI OSMO POCKET : amzn.to/3dsHbPJ
A good test and what it does is inspires confidence in the Mavic mini's abilities to see what is achievable with it. Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome! it is certainly a very capable drone if flown sensibly! Obviously I got caught in the rain but not much I can do about that as it was not forecast!
Great video, I'm new to the mini2, I'm 62,nearly 63, still climbing trees with a saw for a living,less of the ' older guys' comments, ( can't remember the last time I was ageism insulted so directly)!
All true except for feeling insulted, thanks for the heads up, your info is spot on, (in my old mind) 👍🙂
Awesome test! That's a really great result.
This shows without a doubt, that the yagis are more efficient than the parabolics, though they did their job too...(did the same test myself - but not so accurate as you did... the result is pretty much what I got - I made 2900mts with the parabolics and 3785mts without losing signal, with the yagis (the low battery warning came up and I flew elsewhere at the beginning, so I wasn't sure how long I had left...). I did it in a more or less rural area with a somewhat irregular terrain. Had to raise the drone to its 120mts height limit to avoid some trees near the end of the flight... (That's one thing to be careful, when you're terrain is not plane unlike the one on this test...)).
No need for another test, but you could also have checked the length of the flight without any range extenders. It would be nice to see the difference between them.
The parayagis are not hard to do, if you have the yagis and the parabolics, has you do. It's just a matter of making a hole at the top to fit the yagis (depending on your parabolics - some have the hole at the top already set, while others don't - mine didn't, but it was super easy to do it).
Although I've seen some tests with great results, in the few that I did, it seemed that the yagis alone had a better range... then again, I didn't do the best test possible and my findings may not be accurate, so... when will you do yours?!? :-)
Thank you so much for doing this test again and for listening to our points (in the end, it made a big difference, didn't?).
Keep up with the good work.
Hi Carlos. With the bespoke parayagis we have tuned the yagis to the parabolic reflectors. They are not standard yagi's and have a different configuration to add signal strangth. I got 5km with some made like you have and at the same location got to 7km with the tuned and designed version. 40% improved signal strength. Gavin will be doing a test on the P2 Parayagi's very shortly.
out of curosity how we maintain visual sight of line while flying beyond 400m . I cant even see my mini beyond that point.
So I see that directional antennas have better efficiency.
Parabolic mirror are also ok, but less effective.
Otherwise, you can always count on the drone to always return home when the signal is lost. Nice test, long flight distance. Cheaper drone with very good performance.
Yes, I did have a worrying moment in a video that is coming soon! but certainly a reliable drone! and Yes it seems the parabolics have been pipped by the Yagi's!
The compass is oriented with the phone in use, depending where the compass is housed in the phone will determine the phone guidance telemetry of the drone vs rc position. If the compass in the phone is housed near the rc, say top left corner of the phone connected, or top right corner, the compass telemetry will be offset such as in this video. Only solution is phone mount with extention cable to distance the phone from interference with the remote controller. I use the iphone 6s and the iphone 6s plus, they thankfully have the compass housed in the lower left or lower right corner of the phone and can be calibrated for accurate telemetry with the drone and rc. I built my own mount using a kitchen cutting board and some simple camera mounts, ordered the extention cable from Drone Valley and is a nice option to use. Cheers!! Keep up the great testing.!!
Thanks for that ! really helpful - in fact on the mini 2 with the different mounting position my compass is extremely accurate!
Thanks for going to the trouble of getting soaked to show the differences. I have now ordered a pair of 2.4 yagi which can only improve the strength of the signal but as you said, there isn't really the need to go these distances.
I could leave a mate at the end of my range test and just send my drone off until the battery is totally depleted in my spot 13,248 feet and not return home but this time with the yagi. I managed to achieve 5500 feet on 5.8 with yagi without video loss but it wouldn't go any further but that was in a worse location with trees in a valley.
Where to buy Yagi's from? Too many replicas out there!
Thats more like it mate really good test enjoy your mavic mini vids all you need to now is the parayagi (parabolics+yagi together)in that spot
Thank you very much! I really took everything on board and delivered the fairest test I think I possibly could. Really appreciate the comment ! 👌I certainly will do! This was an utter scary as hell day! I did a few tests on that day and I had a signal disconnection for over 4 minutes! Then also getting caught in the rain! The lengths I go to 😂
@@GAVINHR 😂 yes mate a while ago i was showing the inlaws it in the garden and flew it only 2000 feet away in urban area and signal went i put controller down and said its fine it comes bk on its own..Really they said..yeah its fine be here in a minute i said well the 2 longest minute of my life it finally appeared i sneaked of to empty my nappy lol
Great video, as fair as it gets, well done. Thought I'd done well bringing mine back in a sudden downpour from 750mtrs away, seemed like it took forever to get back, I was so worried I'd ruined my MM, but all was well after a quick dry down in the comfort of the car. I think the MM is a lot more robust than it looks. Thanks for the re-test.
No worries Ian! Thank you for watching! I was absolutely amazed it still works it was absolutely soaked, as was my controller! Lowest battery I had ever landed with also! Scary day all round that one 😂
Battery level is the only thing stopping going further. 6% left is right on the edge, If you used parayagis you may not get back.
That was a real worry, if you watched to the end basically a huge amount of rain came over and wind and I was doing like only 5m/s which is what caused it. Just one of those things I'm afraid but yes going further with parayagis is a concern for battery life
Great video, well presented and right to the point. I do need an antennae and this saves me...
Glad you enjoyed it! All I want is my videos to come in useful
Wow down to 4 percent battery, my nerves.....great test thank you for taking all the risk to show us 👍👍
Simply the best !!! drone quality/ price amazing 😁👍🚁🇵🇹
Couldn't agree more!
Great test there and it did really well with that rain too!
Thank you! I know, it really came out of nowhere, I've had it dried out and it seems ok! thank you for the comment!
+1 GAVINHR - Excellent follow up test and amazing results! 👍👍 Something caught my eye in this video that could be really good news. The directional icon in the lower center of your display indicated that you weren't facing your drone's flight path in either flight. The drone was shown to be flying to your extreme left almost perpendicular to the direction you (and your antennas) were facing. If this is true, and not a range extender anomaly, then both the Yagis and the Parabolics are not nearly as directional as we thought. 👍😁
Good Day Sir, thank you very much for your comment once again! to be honest, I am not sure why but that direction icon has not been brilliant recently and I am not sure why! I should of thrown up my flight path but no I certainly on this occasion did not fly in a completely straight direction and it was to me left as you say but I was not as far out as the compass at the bottom suggested. it used to be very accurate but not so much, time for a re calibration I think!
Calibrate your phone compass also, your phone compass determine direction to the drone. Google maps quickest way to calibrate.
@@Ship_Happens I too have noticed that error and asked dji helpdesk about it. They told me to calibrate the compass (both drone and phone) and I did so, but didn't noticed any difference. It may be a software issue (my phone is with the current 1.1.5). It may also be something regarding the firmware, but it seems to me to be more of a software issue, because if you open the maps, it is in the right direction and position, so...
Either way, it is hard enough to get the results he did pointing it straight to the drone. If he failed to point it properly, the drone had to be the best drone ever! :-)
Either way, they both help range amazingly.
i have combined parabolic with Yagi's and across my estate have experienced much greater distance esp in urban will have to test in the sticks soon as wind does one.
Yeah A set of parayagi's are next on my list!
@@GAVINHR bangood have a set of parabolics with wide openings either side dead cheap also
One of my earliest videos, thanks for been with me all this time mate
@@GAVINHR your very welcome mate.
Fantastic 👍 that's a fair test , both really good. I've still not done a Distance test with mine. I bet it was scary flying in that Rain to 😖Really enjoyed every minute of this Test video again . It is good to know that it does go that far. 👍Good Job. Have a great Sunday 👍😎👍
Thank you very much! yes the rain really caught me out, it was actually much worse than it looks on just a phone recording! same to you!
Great video my friend , they work .
Great to see these videos still being watched, thank you !
Some Yagi extenders work with both parabolic and Yagi extenders, will it extend the range even more?
yes it sure will!
Great test.
I'm in Thailand and it's now the rainy season. It can be lovely flying weather one minute and then start to rain the next . Good to know the mini could cope with it.
Can you fit your parabolic s and Yagi at the same time? I've only once seen a test done like that.
I've range tested my mini in a rural area where there are trees and scattered houses.
Standard remote 500 to 600 metres.
With parabolic I got 1,032 metres.
I'm waiting for my yagi's I've ordered to arrive from England, then I'll test those and, if possible, try to test both together.
Yes search on here for flower power drones he has done Brilliant test with both together or search in google parayagi and brings his vids up there he got 5000 meters but had to turn bk because of battery
exactly what @rusty nut says! FLOWER POWER DRONES have made a set and so has @drone camera action. I think in urban area even 1032m is quite good! I was very impressed, I never take risks normally but it was just crazy rain.It survived and I fly onwards!
Don't forget to set its frequency to a 2,4GHz channel, in manual mode, just like he did in this test. That makes a massive difference...
I DONT SEE ANY DIFERENCE WHEN I USE THE YAGI ANTENNA....TO ME IT LOOSES WIFI CONECTION/SIGNAL WHEN I USE THEM. CAMERA GOES DARK... ANY REASON WHY?
Great test... I'm going to combine mine and see if I can't improve the distance. (Send the drone to the in-laws where my partner and son are) about 2.5miles. 🤞🏻
ua-cam.com/video/mfQ9Mgy7T78/v-deo.htmlsi=5-Kh1_TkpeRqef_Y
You need some parayagi extreme range extenders! Promise to do a range test as soon as you get a chance?
Dude I messaged you on Facebook! Haha! Yeah as soon as you have a set ready pal ill have a pair from you and get a test done !
Where u been flower power drones waiting for ya next video 👍
@@GAVINHR Why don't you do it yourself? You have everything you need to do it... just a matter of assembling them together. ;-)
@@beastybike23 this is from Sunday! ua-cam.com/video/rrYm9NoZdk4/v-deo.html
Thanks for the video! Question: Why choose channel no. 2 and not another channel?
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Channel 1-13 are 2.4ghz channels which is what I wanted to be on, and the lower the green bar the least interference on that channel so it was a good channel to pick.
Further explained here : ua-cam.com/video/h6nytv9As9M/v-deo.html
@@GAVINHR
Thanks very much! Very helpful!
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will it work in mini 2 se using 2.4ghz yagi?
Your compass is out of wake to be doing long range test. Calibrate drone and you phone compass . Magnetic interference usually is the problem try rotating your phone and use a longer cable
Yep I'm aware, it's been like it for some time now and I need to look at it definitely, it actually has been calibrated a few times but keeps not being in line, I'll have to calibrate my phone and see if they helps. Thanks for your comment 👌
GAVINHR i was also interested in why the position of the drone was not showing directly in front of the remote like it should be when using a directional antenna! thanks for the comparison videos, i don't need to fly two miles but i wouldn't mind more distance and less interference when i'm flying in the city.
Put it in Mode S (sport) to fly faster to travel further out... getting more distance with your battery life.
Hi James, this is a test I want to check, I have always thought / assumed S mode killed the battery quicker! Hence always flying in P but it's on my to do list 👌
Were you flying the drone to your left ? It appears you were pointed at nearly a right angle to the drone.
Just an error with the compass I have never been able to fix unfortunately! I was facing the direction of the drone at all times :)
Nice test , great job Man :)
Thank you very much! also, thank you for the sub :)
Jeez... I can barely get 300m range!!! That said I chose parabolics based on your last test so now I’m miffed :P
Eeekkkk! To be honest, the parabolics still do am amazing job, I do feel the yagis keep signal a bit longer but realistically paras for me seem to be good for 3500m so that should be plenty!
GAVINHR no you’re right. In theory I would never fly that far anyway. I haven’t tried the paras yet but I still don’t understand why I get such low ranges: obstacles are one thing but this seems silly.
The's nowt worse than a laggy yagi. Good review.
I’ve got a question. Their are two types available. Would the parabolic be directional because on how they direct the signal to the antenna v/s the other type that just collects the signal from all directions. Just your thought.
Doug
to be fair that is correct, the parabolics give a really strong signal but I agree they are very directional, if you move a little bit you can lose connection, yagi's seem to be a bit more forgiving!
Can't wait till you test out the 4g dongle when its out
next time try to put the shells behind the yagi ..... use both at the same time
We hope that these types of antennas are calibrated with the TX frequencies of the radio control, and therefore the manufacturer of the antennas has used suitable equipment to build them and relatively put them in "tune" with the TX frequency of the radio control. Otherwise, if not, the transmitter loses efficiency over time or in the worst case you can "fry" the transmitter amps for high SWR. 73 ' de iu8cew
Great video by the way
Great test. 👍🏻 up for the Yagis. What app / firmware version are you running . The RC icon is different to mine? Your signal selection also looks different ?
I'm just running v1.1.5 ? Although my icons have changed a few times recently through updates. I'm running Android just incase there is a difference! Glad you enjoyed the rest, thank you for the comment!
GAVINHR I am using an iPhone so that probably explains the differences
Wow great range test brother. Thanks sooo much for sharing this great video with us Sir. The Dji Mavic Mini is a Beast. I love ❤️ it. Good stuff mate. Please keep those good videos coming. Nicely done and good job. I got a pair of the Yagis myself and i cannot wait until i do a range test with it. God bless and stay safe. Thanks for all you do and please keep flying.
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it! thank you brother!
GAVINHR You are welcome drone brother. It’s always my pleasure watching your videos and supporting your channel Sir. You keep up the good work and keep on droning and flying. God bless and stay safe. Have a great weekend Captain 👨✈️. Thanks for all you do and please keep flying.
I noticed the drone orientation icon on your screen is not accurate. Hiow can that be corrected?
I never managed to get it right on the Mavic mini sadly, I was always pointing the controller at the drone but it always looked inaccurate, I think it was to do with the orientation of the device in the controller causing it to be out
Incredible Work ✌️
Thank you so much 😀
Just curious, did you do the test without the yagi in the same location?
Which are the best extenders to get ideally i want 3500 max but with decent signal and as little as lag as possible throughout the range ?
I would say a set of copper yagi will be the best
I may be incorrect at saying this but, the indicator at the bottom center of the screen is where the drone is in relation to the controller, correct? Would it have not been more fair to keep the drone directly in line with the controller? Could you perhaps have gotten a longer distance on both? I do however appreciate your test!
Hi, Under normal circumstances you would be correct, however for some reason and despite numerous compass calibrations that doesn't seem to be correct at the bottom and I can confirm I was flying out straight in line with the controller on both tests. If you have any idea how to get that back to showing correct feel free to let me know!
GAVINHR I’m not sure as of yet but should I discover the secret, I’ll let you know! Thank you again!
what do you get without the boosters ?
Hi, how do I check if my drpme is CE model ? Thanks in advance
It should say on your mini box 🙂 if not primarily if you are in America that is FCC or in mainland Europe it is CE
Hi Gavin... I just got a mini and am having fun practicing my "skillz".. lol... I have a "what if" for you. The two downward facing front legs in the drone are it's antenna... What if you put a pair of Yagis on them? Might take some glue.. ahem... so .. are you willing to try that?
Have you used yagis with reflactors at same time ?
What do you get with both? 20:16
If you could, I'd like to see a range test in heavy wifi interference with extenders.
Why do you use the aluminium Yagis instead of the copper ones because the copper ones are better aren’t they?
Absolutely correct! Obviously when I recorded this video these are the ones I had at the time but since i tested copper Vs aluminium Vs brass and the copper won I now keep them in my case 🙂
@@GAVINHR oh sorry I didn’t realise you uploaded a video talking about it but thank you for telling me
It's absolutely fine! Really appreciate the comment, link is here if you want to give it a watch! ua-cam.com/video/4bKq_0T09-o/v-deo.html
Confused. On your test I noticed on the bottom center it shows the position of you and the controller and the drone was all the way to the left so the signal was off to the side of the controller. We’re you turned so you could see the screen better because of the glair.
I could be wrong.
Doug
Hi. Yes, this was simply the compass / GPS needing calibration on my phone, I have now done that using Google maps, I was facing the drone at all times it was the location indictor that was out
Ok I just thought it was strange. I’m new with the Mini and still learning .👍🇺🇸
To be honest it took me a while to figure out why that was showing incorrect until I discovered it was was down to my phone gps not accurate
Another idea for your vids is the length the drone can do in each mode. Although it doesn't make much sense, it seemed to me in my tests that the sport mode takes you to pretty much the same distance the P mode does. Just does it in less time and lasts less in the air, but the range is the same... can it be?
I always figured that flying in sport mode would drain the battery a lot faster than flying in P mode hence this is why I always use it, obviously I understand I will get there faster etc, Interesting point, I may explore that!
@@GAVINHRI thought that too, but a few days ago I've seen some range test videos and the folks were always flying in sports mode, so I decided to give it a try and to my surprise, although the flying time was less, the range seemed to be the same, as I got there faster...
Didn't have the chance to try it over again in P mode to do a proper comparison, but it looks that it may be tight, so a test like the one you just did, with as few differences from each flight as possible, would be ideal... I for one, am curious to see the results... :-)
Just saw a comparison test. Not the most accurate, but all in all, seems to be reliable enough to show what I meant the other day.
Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/7fxUAUMf9YA/v-deo.html
What do you think? If you don't have much to do, I still would like to see your comparison... :-)
Maybe do a test using both at the same time would be interesting if so tag me please
Tq
i hope you test yagi vs parayagi ;)
It is coming! don't worry ;)
Do they only work for dji?
this is ss5 or sd25 version?
It sounds like parabollocks is not going well for the range. Yagi appears to be the way. Thank you for this video. Have you got FiMi X8 SE to compare? I would love to see such a comparison.
how about both?
Yes, there is something called a "parayagi" I will be doing a range test on these shortly!
I bought the skyreat one's yagi's off amazon. used it for 3 days. 20 flights. Didnt make a bit of difference.
on the mavic mini or mini 2?
The yagi I’ve just got some, not tried
Well done stringfellow Hawke. 🤣
😂😂😂 mate! I swear I was going to overlay the airwolf theme! People who don't know it probably think I'm crazy 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
What was the maximum range did you achieve with the Mavic Mini at that location (or any other) without either the Yaggis or Parabolic
Hi, my very MAX range with no extenders is 1449m so the extenders make quite a difference. When I very first for my mini I was struggling in some areas for 800m.
Wow. Thanks for your prompt reply. I recently took my Hubsan H501S-S (remember those?) with internal antennas on the basic controller to 1610 metres. One mile. Pleased to hear, if required, I can well exceed that figure. Seriously thinking of updating to a Mavic Mini, in which case I will definitely be getting some Yaggis.
Have you ever put her down away from home and tried the find my drone ?
Actually no! Could be a good experiment like! I've always returned back safely
@@GAVINHR probably fly road side put her down in a field beside the road see how accurate it is
I have a great location for that ! I may just go do that when the weather improves !
@@GAVINHR be great to watch
Can't you use both?
You can 👌 this was before people had the idea of putting them together!
If you search for “parayagi” on my channel you will see the test
Can you link the Yagis pls
(Mavic mods for sale) on Facebook sells all yagis
Indeed! I got mine from explore with DJI Alex. He's on UA-cam but you can get them on the Facebook mini forums :)
www.thingiverse.com/thing:4125302 enjoy :)
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Great video, I'm new to the mini2, I'm 62,nearly 63, still climbing trees with a saw for a living,less of the ' older guys' comments, ( can't remember the last time I was ageism insulted so directly)!
All true except for feeling insulted, thanks for the heads up, your info is spot on, (in my old mind) 👍🙂