Extending the range of the 3dr Solo.

Posted by Jay on July 18, 2015 at 4:46pm

I have been experimenting with boosting the signal and adding hi gain antennas at the base station and have made some progress (up to 1.5 miles) but have hit a wall on distance now and need to boost the gain on the Solo side to press further. 

See all my results here: https://plus.google.com/+JayBrown_parityerror/posts/MRnX9GsMcgE

So my question to the forum is, does anyone have suggestions for hi gain replacement antennas for the quadcopter side.   And has anyone attempted this yet?  

Thanks,

Jay

Long Beach, CA

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  • DG July 20, 2015 at 9:28am

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/3DRSOLO/

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/791591257606044/

    The second one is SOLO MOD CLUB

    There you will find several doing long range mods that should suit your needs.

    3DR Solo Owners Group
    The Facebook community for Solo owners to collaborate and socialise, help each other out, discuss new ideas and to post our photos and videos. This…
  • Chris Moore July 19, 2015 at 8:17pm

    you are gonna  need u.fl to rpsma adapters and then use something like RHCP and then you would likewise want RHCP on the controller as well. you will want to forgo the leg ones.

  • DG July 18, 2015 at 7:01pm

    https://fpvlr.com/store/product/3dr-solo-basic-kit/

    https://fpvlr.com/store/product/3dr-solo-basic-kit/
    • Jay > DG July 19, 2015 at 8:08pm

      Thanks.

      I tried contacting fpvlr to see which of the antennas would be a compatible with the leg mounted Solo antennas.   They are on vacation until the 31st.  :)  Figures.    

      I'm not interested in the solo basic kit though, since that is an antenna replacement for the *controller* which is not what I need.  Have you (or anyone else) tried these 

          https://fpvlr.com/store/product-category/2-4ghz-fpv-antennas/

      for replacing the antennas on the Solo?  Is that what you meant?

      Thanks again.   

      https://fpvlr.com/store/product-category/2-4ghz-fpv-antennas/
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