DJI HD system first long range test with Cyclops antenna

This was the first flight I did with the DJI Hd system. I ran the new Cyclops antenna with 2X Minion Pro transmitter antennas. At 3.5 miles out, I flew behind a mountain and didn't have enough battery power to go on further after regaining line of sight. From what I could tell, it should have gone 6-7 miles.

[smackfpv]

As soon as this sytem came on the market with the 4 dipoles my first thought was Alex would have antennas built for this that would increase the range... Good work!

[flyingrock]

brilliant stuff, thanks for posting! I suggest a limited run of the Cyclops in black and with the Eye of Sauron in red stamped on it. would look awesome! :) cheers

[JamesT]

Awesome, I have Pretty flat land here in the north Philippines out to the sea, and in the middle of building a long-range system; I bought an ASW 28 to get into the fixed wing. It seems the flat wing is the most efficient.

[dronecamps]

Nice testing Alex. I've been wanting to try this with my DJI and 2.4 setup.

[julistrauss]

hi, Why does the dji system have 4 receiving and two transmitting antennas? And were is the radio rx antenna? On what frequenze?

[luked]

I used to fly fpv back in the day.
I’m trying to get back into it doing long range HD. You have to cameras on this screen which one are you actually using to fly?
In the googles are you capable of flying out in HD?
That’s why I quit bc the video quality back the day was no good especially if you wanted to fly far.

[neilfpv]

Amazing! I'm curious to know how your analog receiver/transmitter can still send video with that distance. Is there a special device that you add?

[jackbisson]

IBCrazy this is great stuff. Its been 30 yrs since EMF theory 1&2 and antenna design. All out of my head now, but love to see your enthusiasm with this subject matter. Some of the most complex stuff on this planet. Keep the magic going and tell me what the best setup is for my DJI goggles and air unit. I really want to test with VAS products. This is great stuff.

[divingfalconfpv]

Isn't this just like having one antenna. Instead of 2 and pointing them out from each other a little to cover more area?

[bludawg]

Will the Cyclops out perform 2 pepperbox extremes, as far as penetration? I’ve tried using the pepperboxs and two triumph on the DJI setup, while better then the stock antennas it wasn’t as dramatic as when I use them on my ClearView ground station. I really don’t know that much about how this all works? Any suggestions from the viewer or yourself would be appreciated. Thanks

[e]

Any chance you will re-test using the 1200mw setting? I’m curious how far it can go with the Cyclops.

[Jdogg]

Man i have always wanted to fly something long range! I gotta get into this somehow without breaking the bank! This is awesome and would be a dream but for a newb to LR maybe not a good first place to start! Lol thanks for sharing! Love VAS!

[-enyo-]

Have you tried the max range again? I've heard 6.5km is max. It has something to do with latency and the protocol.

[frasersteen]

I'm loving your planes, That chimera looks super stable. I've persuaded hobbyrc in the UK to get some of your planes in stock. I'm new to fixed wing and wanted something small and easy to launch I asked him to get the 22" ghost so I could setup a dual puller. I'd love to see a vid on the range as a whole, what's suitable for what and why. I'm new to fixed wing and don't have much context.

[steadywhoop]

Does it increase really penetration (building, foliage, ....) ? Or just slightly ? Did you test it ?

[planesandbikes]

nice. 6km out with digital HD. If I go for this system this winter, I will want antennas like that!

[Noircogi]

I built a new mini-talon with the DJI system on board. I have Dragonlink with full telemetry and a pixracer on it, so running out of video range is no hazard. It consistently gets 4-4.2 miles in each direction before the video cuts out. That's using the stock DJI antennas on the air unit, and 4 of the open-source patch antennas on the goggles. I'm looking forward to trying a cyclops ASAP. The strange thing I found is that the characteristics when running the DJI system on high power are much different than on low. On low, it's usable down to about 1 mBit/S. On high, it seems to fall off a cliff below about 5 mBits/Sec, so the range doesn't scale as you'd expect just by power ratio and the square law.

[carrboro_chapelhillfpv]

That is a huge patch. Great name for it

[chewy]

That was nice for sure! I didn't see any mountains though. A few hills that were purty.

[fahrvergnuugen]

Alex, you should reshoot this video and show what happens at 4.2 miles.