zann68 wrote:I find your comment on range reduction puzzling. I thought the idea behind the clover leaf antennas to help with range and drop out issues.
RCModelReviews wrote:RC gear continues to work fine with the occasional frame loss -- but occasional frame loss really screws up your video.
If your RC receiver only get's one good 'frame' of stick positions a second the plane will continue to fly fine, maybe a little unresponsive but enough to turn around and fly back to a stronger signal. If you have only one good frame of video (so 29/30ths of a second of static and 1/30th of a second you get a flash of picture) you're not going to see enough to tell what direction you're flying in.
Video is a lot less tolerant of static than RC signals. Your usable video range is, roughly speaking, when your signal get's to around 50% strength, or even 99% if you want to record nice scenery, but your usable RC range is down to (roughly) 5%, strength.
CP antennas make the 50% mark further out, but bring the 5% mark closer. For video you want the 50% point as far away as possible, for RC you want the 5% point as far as possible.