UPDATE DECEMBER 16th 2012

UPDATE DECEMBER 8th 2012

We did it!!! Made 1.4Miles (2.25Kilometers) this morning on an unboosted Nexus 7 tablet antenna mod!!! SWEET!!!We've now taken the Nexus 7 WiFi range out to 4550ft (1372meters) closing in on one mile... Should be soonHere's the vid of the world record flight with AR.Drone/Nexus 7 and itElite PRA24014 on December 8thDecember 4th 2012 updatewe've taken a giant leap in range and set an all out world record for the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0... We even beat the record set by the manufacturer...Parrot teamed up with Alcatel-Lucent Technologies to create a drone controlled by 4G instead of WiFi and they set a mark of 1000meters...So I took a long hard look at those numbers and contacted some WiFi experts discussing range and connectivity... Did some new modifications to my drone and tablet and came out on top, beating the Parrot/Alcatel record by roughly 82meters and beating the previous WiFi-only record by over 600meters (set by a consumer flyer in Hong Kong at 470meters)My reason for posting here is to show the awesome Nexus 7 at it's best... None of this could have been done without the Nexus 7's unique featuresEasy to crack open and shut without damageEasy to tap into Nexus internal WiFi componentsEasy to flash new ROM's and kernels to achieve smooth running control softwarePerfect size and ample screen quality to fly outdoors and be able to see on screen controlsHere's the video of the world record flight on December 4th 2012As of December 1st ... The Nexus 7 antenna mod holds the AR Drone 2.0 world distance record for WiFi controlled flight at 2,400ft (732 meters)Just thought I'd leave this here and maybe get some Nexii loveI use my Nexus 7 to fly my WiFi Drone with onscreen HD video live feed...The drawback has been the range... with the drones weak signal and the Nexus 7 tiny antenna I was limited to 100/150ft at bestSo I came up with this... Ladies and gentlemen... the Nexus 7 FlightPadPremierTek 16dBi flat patch high gain directional WiFi antennaThis antenna setup increases my range by ten fold... now getting a thousand feet and more..OK... I know... that antenna is huge... how bout a little smallerHawking 13dBi QuadPatch directionalHow bout antenna and PS3 controller for flight controlOr just a simple multi polarized deal that will get full bars of WiFi internet anywhere in my house or yard from a cheap AT&T routerI know there will be haters for this setup because it ruins the flat back of the tablet making it less compact... but all this stuff just pops right off leaving the back "almost" flat... except for the PS3 controller slot mount at 1/8" thick... plus... I can jack open WiFi signals from over a mile away!!Couple video examples of flight with the NexiiFlightPadSo anyways... go easy on me XDA... I'm 45yrs old but my mom didn't buy me the cool toys when I was a kid... so I'm overcompensating :-/The external antenna is soldered to the motherboard antenna spring pins and the OEM WiFi antenna has been removed to eliminate interference... yes, I drilled holes in the back cover and even used epoxy and screws to attach the PS3 controller mount... but I have a spare back cover in case I want to return it to stock conditionAntenna solder points: