Anyone has a problem with skyrc gnss gsm020?

[zooma]

Mine had worked fine for a year. But it just got flooded in a hull, and won't find a gps signal any more.

[leski379]

I have lost one due to water contact. GPS will not connect anymore (still powers on w/ bluetooth). Interesting to me, I found my 2nd one would not connect via the RC Gears app. I'm sure I had something messed up but the only way I could get it to connect was to use the "power GNSS" app from powerhobby.

[sciesielka]

I use this and love it. Not bluetooth though.
https://www.amazon.com/MEILAN-Comput...zcF9hdGY&psc=1

I have that Meilan GPS bike computer and it works okay but not great. The "refresh" rate on it is very slow. On my smaller, slower boats (Stealthwake, Blackjack 24, Valvryn and others of that size and speed) and R/C cars that are +/-30mph it works fine because I can maintain full throttle for 5 seconds or longer. On my big 6S boats like the Impulse 32, Invincible Razor and Sonicwake, I never get an accurate reading because I don't have the space to hold full throttle for more than a few seconds. And when I put an old smartphone with a GPS app in the boats, I'll get 50+mph on that but maybe 35 or 40mph on the Meilan.

[sciesielka]

Is there a viable alternative that is just as small? (Its for a small rigger)

I recently heard of a device called the Speed-Flea. It's a tiny GPS device that came out around 2021 I think. Look online for videos. I saw some in R/C planes but the guy developed them for use in model rockets and all things R/C. The only issue right now is that the "SPEED-FLEA is currently only available in the UK & EU and some selected countries." according to their site. But check it out and see if you can get any info. I emailed recently (a few days before posting this) but haven't heard back.
Here's the site: https://speed-flea.com/

[vvviivvv]

I have a speed flea too, great for the size of it

Haven’t really used it too much I have a sky rc which really struggles to pickup satellites, even in a full Kevlar hull.

I normally use a Lezyne bike gps but feel I’m missing out on some speed, when I recently tried it in the car, I. Short bursts the refresh rate isnt high enough to record peak speed, this is why I bought the sky rc for the high refresh rate.

[Ivan Kozyakov]

My GSM020 has a reconnect problem. After I did a high-speed race, the smartphone cannot connect to GSM020. It is possible to turn the devices on and off, but there is no way to see the speed. The device freezes and it can only be restarted through a hard reset. Has anyone experienced this?