Recent content by BobD

Radio Amateurs have the same HOA problems with their antennas. They have to go to extraordinary measures to hide the antennas. Vy 73 DJ0RD/WU5T

I wonder what the comm method to and from the drone will be. The WIFI on the Spark seems to be rather unreliable and subject to interference.

And it moves to a different weight category with (at least in Germany) new restrictions.

I think they need to improve the navigation system including GPS. The current GPS does not appear to be sufficiently reliable. Reducing the weight to below 250 grams would open up more legal flying zones, at least in Germany.

According to German news media, two arrests have been made and it appears they are militant environmentalists. The drones were not hobby drones, but professional. They used an Israeli Military system to track them down.

I don't think you shut off collision avoidance in Sport Mode. That's part of what these sensors do.

Lots of Sparks lost or crashed by flying above fog or cloud. The bottom sensors use infrared, and in infrared, the fog or cloud looks solid like the ground (water vapor blocks infrared). And of course the Spark's little CPU knows you can't fly through the ground, so it doesn't. This is not...

As an Electronics Engineer I can tell you that they would concentrate your transmission and reception into a narrow beam. This means you have to keep them very accurately directed at your Spark. They might reduce WiFi interference received by your controller or phone, but no reduction at the...

I wouldn't worry too much about RTH accuracy. We consumers are only allowed 5 meter GPS accuracy anyway. The US Government specifies consumer accuracy as 5 meters. We don't direct artillery...

The price of used Mavic Pros will drop I hope.

I think water has a fatal attraction for Sparks...

I'm 78 and a radio amateur too, DJ0RD/WU5T. I've been using a new digital mode called FT8 and in 6 weeks 48 countries confirmed.

Absolutely, the few with huge egos ruin everything for the many.

I'm sure I would have lost my Spark, as we have VLOS rules here in Germany and your Spark was way out of sight. At that distance, you have no idea of where it went down.

I firmly press my battery in to lock it with both thumbs while holding Blitzy. I wonder how many just slide them in using their index finger and thumb until something clicks?