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Recent content by briri

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    Not so good press for DJI

    I wonder where they are getting the 14 number from? The other article I read said 12. Both of those numbers are well below the 30+ list I had going on DJI forum before they took down my post. My "Unofficial Mid Air Shut Off" list is now over 50 cases. I hope they figure it out and fix it. It...
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    Spark Power Failure During Flight

    VPS is unrelated to this issue. VPS can't shut off the motors. VPS was functioning appropriately in the logs I've reviewed with these cases. This is some sort of hardware failure. It isn't CSC because it shuts off all power to the craft, not just the motors. DJI knows about it and supposedly...
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    Spark Power Failure During Flight

    I was compiling a list on DJI forum of similar cases.... Mid air shut offs only... list was over 30 members long when DJI removed my post.... they seem to be refusing to take any responsibility at all for crashes that result in lost aircraft such as mine in a lake or in the ocean... they have my...
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    Did Dji release spark to early

    I vote for too early. Mine cut off mid flight on a 3/4 full battery and was lost in a lake. 15ft up and 220 feet out while hovering. I was controlling with RC. Dropped like a rock with no warning or flight log abnormalities. DJI won't warranty. I had around 50 flights in before this incident...
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    iPhone 6 battery drain

    DJI Go4 is a huge battery sucker... Not so noticeable on P3/4 where the controller charges your phone when connected.
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    Spark Power Failure During Flight

    Lost my Spark yesterday over a lake as well. I was hovering in place taking a couple of pics about 200 feet away and at about 15ft above the water. Shut off and dropped like a rock. DJI Go4 shows 73% battery left. I was unable to recover the drone from the lake. I have refresh but that doesn't...
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    Radio channel quality poor!

    I fly almost exclusively with RC without OTG cables and don't have any video issues. I think the supposed OTG cable improvement is likely overblown but I've now got one and will test this weekend to see if there is any difference (for me). YMMV.
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    This is my favorite OTG cable setup for iOS so far. Yours?

    Definitely agree with this ^^^. Micro USB ports are too easy to fudge up. I wouldn't use a connector like this one. Too likely to jack up the port and then not even be able to charge the RC.
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    Dronie, Rocket, Helix Quickshot's ALL DON'T WORK!

    Same here. Rocket slider works but dronie slider doesn't seem to have ant effect at all.
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    Dronie, Rocket, Helix Quickshot's ALL DON'T WORK!

    My dronie tests went 250ft away while rising only 7ft. It would then stop and return to me. I would prefer to be able to set those values myself. I would like for it elevate at least 1ft for every 2-3ft farther away that it gets.
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    Dronie, Rocket, Helix Quickshot's ALL DON'T WORK!

    I have "successfully" tested all 4 modes using RC. I have not tried using iPhone/iPad without RC. Dronie: my 3 attempts were similar to yours in that horizontal distance was much greater than vertical increase. This needs to be corrected otherwise this feature is ALMOST unusable. Rocket: used...
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    Spark-Final Thoughts

    1. Overpriced--- I agree but they will still sell them like hot cakes. They won't have to discount much in the future because it will be replaced by a newer better AC, probably costing much less. I am somewhat embarrassed when people ask how much I paid for it. That won't keep me from enjoying...
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    Having Trouble Activating...Spark not seen in WiFi

    Tried all of these suggestions multiple times without luck... AC wifi did not show up with iPad mini4, iPad Pro or iPhone 6s. So I linked the RC to my iPad with the drone on and linked to RC. Did the firmware update which was successful. Restarted everything. AC wifi was still not available...