RSSI dBm and LQ look fine. The flat antenna BetaFPV RX is terrible, but I don't think that's the issue. Seems more likely to be strong RF interference at the top of these buildings, and also potentially resource exhaustion/overheating of the FC after the climb.
#Why am i getting RX LOSS so much? Is this normal?
verbal aurora
jovial trout
RSSI dBm and LQ look fine. The flat antenna BetaFPV RX is terrible, but I don't ...
thank you! overheating i doubt, it was like 2degrees C during the last one.
is there any failsafe settings i could try?
jovial trout
how does vegan fly up like 380m?
verbal aurora
strong RF interference at the top of these buildings
jovial trout
On crossfire i never had this before, and i flew the same places with it.
verbal aurora
Crossfire is 900MHz, the ELRS hardware you're using is 2.4GHz.
There is also 900MHz ELRS hardware, and dual band 900MHz/2.4GHz hardware you could use if several 2.4GHz interference is a problem where you fly
jovial trout
fluid hound
<@779307690040098817> there you go, any tips are appreciated.
this log is incomplete and doesn't have any of the link stats
did you "discover" the sensors?
jovial trout
discover?
fluid hound
Model Menu -> Telemetry page, discover new sensors (with tx and rx bound/connected)
jovial trout
ah, no
fluid hound
better if you can delete everything first so that the link stats would come first
jovial trout
i see, will do another one just now
what do you think about the bench test?
on the elrs page it says between -25 and -40 is fine.
mine is at best -55
fluid hound
seems pretty normal for this particular receiver..
but how do you have oriented the tx antenna?
what happens if you hold the tx as if ready to fly?
jovial trout
will do that now. the rx antenna is oriented as it came from betafpv
fluid hound
but it's the tx antenna that I want to know the orientation of..
fluid hound
have you tried with the tx antenna twisted 90degree from its current orientation?
(vertical)
jovial trout
You mean like this?
No i have not, but would that not negate or at least negatively influence my reception in height?
fluid hound
No i have not, but would that not negate or at least negatively influence my rec...
well, you obv want to direct the "front" of the antenna towards the drone.. which can be done by bending that coax
!antenna
storm veldt
fluid hound
log's better.. link stats present.
rssi dBm seems pretty normal for this receiver, and is almost the same as for the telemetry rssi dBm
jovial trout
its still worse than with my ranger nano on the zorro, didnt do a benchtest, but a rangetest, there is a link above.
fluid hound
I'd suggest trying a different receiver, at least with the bench test so you can see how bad this particular antenna is (on the betafpv lite rx flat).. (you can test with an ep1 or a betafpv lite rx with the smd antenna/tower)
jovial trout
yes, the antenna is not good, but the link shouldnt cut out without a warning or whatnot. it should at least give me room to somehow react. it feels like someone rips off the ranger nano at random. or some power issues on the tango itself, as this has happened on crossfire (but i fly WAY more whoops than my crossfire quads)
i checked the mod of the module bay, seems fine, i checked if i could see anything wrong or browned out on the tangos pcb or the battery, seems also fine.
fluid hound
have you tried with an external 2s pack on the module itself just to eliminate the power-related concerns?
jovial trout
no i did not, but as this has happened on crossfire also, i don't think its the module and i know my testings are a bit shitty, but the rangetest i did showed better rssi on the ranger+zorro as on the ranger+tango. consistently -7 to -10 db worse on the tango.
i fly a lot guerilla with this thing. sometimes 7 days a week. the rx loss thing has happened 6 times now. 5 times in not-so-good situations. i got lucky everytime. my son flies his air65 on his zorro, he never had it once.