RE: 2.4Ghz RC range and latency measurements.
ok fellow rc'ers (my new word),
i shall be conducting range testing which will be dead-set accurate and will have only minimal variables.
the new plan:
take my pro4 hara ELECTRIC and my tnx 5.2r NITRO and fit BOTH with a high quality gps system which records just about everything such as speed, but most importantly RANGE/DISTANCE.
i will find a nice stretch of tarmac (road) and drive each vehicle which is fitted with the gps unit and running with a Spektrum Pro receiver and Spektrum Pro module in my 3PK. i will drive each vehicle at 50% throttle in a straight line as far as it goes until failsafe kicks in. when failsafe kicks in the vehicle will stop and the total range from me to the place where the vehicle stopped will have been recorded by the gps. so simply enough. i walk/run to my distant vehicle/s and record down the distances in meters (for the aus boys and ft, for the yanks).
conditions:
fully charged TX battery
fully charged RX battery in TNX and fully charged battery pack in pro4 hara
radio held at chest height and not raised to increase radio range
radio 1ft away from chest (horizontally)
module antenna verticle
receiver antennas full extended and verticle
anything else to add?
i just did a quick range check then and found my spektrum does 669ft approx (+/-10ft