What is the range of the controller...that is, how far away can you control the U818A?
822115
The antenna must be pointed toward the quad. I found the range to be less than 100 meters, more like 50 yards in any direction. I have been looking at mods, possibly soldering a real 2.4 antenna on and see...Its just too cool to mess up if it doesn't work. Very fun!
822116
Hi Steve....I had no problem flying it 60' high in a couple hundred foot radius. It's a really cool product. It's best in little/no wind.
822117
It's pretty far... Even though the manual says 90 meters(100 feet) it can go much farther than that.
737005
I cannot answer for sure the maximum range. I use it very successfully with a spread of 45' and the trigger is mounted outside our front door, so that's through a very well insulated front door and surrounding wall structure. It's been in service for well over a year now and still on the original batteries. The transmitter switch trigger one unit in the master bedroom and another in the main hallway so my wife, who is very hearing impaired, can know when there is someone at the door regardless of where she is in the house.
1402961
I did not test for distance, but I would estimate it to be up to 25 feet.THE BIG PLUS for this device is that it eliminated false actuations from blowing shrubbery etc.
514557
Yes. mine from Amazon had the control box. I would say that about 60 miles is the limit in distance.
2161618
i'd say about 20-25 feet unobstructed. i think its about the same as stock. not sure what kind of remote the guy saying 50-75 meters has. that's close to a football field away, an no remote i've ever seen works at that distance.
636546
The cord is fairly long, I would say at least 4 ft. As a sidenote the controller is on a piece of the cord that branches off making it easier to handle, at least for me
1262232
The range is quiet sufficient. Keep in mind you want to fly this thing in an open area and want to keep it at a distance where you can view it and control it thru your phone/tablets wifi. The range for that isnt going to be too far either. I felt that it was sufficient distance to play around with it.
836596
Don't know about a u818a, but it worked just fine in our club's quad. Note that there are 2 connectors. I only needed 1 of them.
1338054
Most likely. I use it as far as 8 miles, but it is pretty much line of sight. If you can't see your target, it probably won't work. Check the Ubiquiti Wiki for set up instructions on using it as a simple wifi access device. That is pretty much its out of the box defaults.
686585
This remote is an infrared remote and requires line of sight between the receiver and the remote. I have been able to use it up to 30 feet, mainly limited by the fact that is the furthest distance I can go and still maintain line of sight.
1048464
With a new battery, mine stays in control at 75 feet or so. I've never gone much farther that that, but I can test it out this weekend.
2115141
How it works? It has sensors that monitor level flight and speed up or speed down the motors to do so. How to control it with gps. Easy just flip a switch and the controller does it for you. Range? depeding on the radio to use about 1.3 miles but in order to flight it that far you will need a fpv system.
1099574
My camera is located in a remote motor coach that is at least 75 to 100 feet away. It also has to send the signal through the coach wall (metal skin) and the house wall (stucco) and one interior wall. The signal showing on the screen is five bars (full strength). I would therefore imagine that the range would be quite a distance farther as long as there are not too many large metal or electric/electronic pieces of equipment between the camera transmitter and the receiver.
534265
My experience with it is that it doesn't work..period. I would go with a different controller.
373069
Distance from pad to controller is only slightly more than 20 inches, maybe 21". From plug to controller is about 51 inches.
646826
It doesn't have that kind of range. Mine wont activate or turn off from 20ft away.
2091486
Sorry, l've no idea what radio frequency used on this one. Max rang of control is only 30ft or so