Recent content by AlanTheBeast

While I wasn't paying attention, the Canadian drone rules seem to have changed for the better! Was: 9 km from an aerodrome. Is Now 5.5 km from aerodrome centre or seaplane base. Was: 9 km from a heliport. Is Now 1.8 km from a heliport. But NOT inside a control zone of course. For drones of...

Done.

You tubers make me laugh with all their crap about "hidden hacks" and "Wow! This is it." clickbait. That said, a good video here from Drone Valley about improving Spark video downlink performance. In essence - make a hard USB link from RC to mobile phone or tablet.

Some of you know my checklists for the Mavic Pro which are also (with some adjustment) applicable to the Phantom 4 Pro. I'm posting the links here for one or more of you to plagiarize as you see fit - and hopefully adjust for the Spark and re-post as a proper Spark checklist. Indeed the...

Banana #1. You're not accounting for the payload capability. And in $/Wh terms, it's quite the opposite trend: Spark: $2.90 / Wh MP : $2.04 / Wh P4P : $1.89 / Wh Inspire : $1.63 / Wh Further, the MP, P4P and I2 have similar efficiency at 458, 467 and 458* gram-minutes per Wh But...

Haven't decided to get the Spark but I will lurk here and throw the odd banana. (Do have a P4P and Mavic Pro and DJI Goggles).