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    Spark Flyers South Africa ??

    It was an impulse buy on black Friday in 2018... So end of November 2018.
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    Spark Flyers South Africa ??

    Hello from George! I've done 130 flights with my spark and enjoyed each one. I would say thay I've mastered it by now [emoji16]
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    How to make The best Possible Photos with your drone

    I did not know one can combine the three photos to make the HDR. Very nice. The spark actually has a function to automatically take 3 photos with different exposures, so that makes it even easier!
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    No obstacle avoidance without any warnings

    This weekend a new problem emerged. Normal procedure for me would be to hand-launch, take spark off gesture mode, fly, take photos, switch to sport mode and back etc. When I'm done I'll bring the spark back, fly towards myself until the obstacle avoidance kicks in and it doesn't' come...
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    Downward Infrared sensor failure

    Yep, been there done that, got the cracked lens ? . Stay away from fog/mist!
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    just flying around but disconnected ?

    Happened to me twice (out of 103 flights) where I forgot to put phone in flight mode before take-off. That's the only reason. Rookie mistake.
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    just flying around but disconnected ?

    I've noticed the same behavior if I switch my phone to flight mode after I've already launched the spark. Phone is connected to remote via OTG. The only way to get everything working again is to land, switch everything off and start over.
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    What do you carry your Spark in?

    Ended up getting myself one of those protectors. Works great and gives peace of mind when drone is in transit.
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    Graduated from the Tello yesterday.

    I made the exact same transition. Had my tello up for sale, but decided to keep it at the end. I still enjoy using the tello for quick fun flights. Just so much quicker to get in the air. I also think it helps with improving your overall drone skills. The damage, if any, in case of a mishap...
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    Aircraft 'swivels' on ground just before rotors shuts off

    I hand-land most of the time. Bought the legs more for added protection, should there be a case where I need to land on grass/dirt. I think to be safe I will keep doing hand-landing and only make use of the landing gear when absolutely necessary.
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    NEVER FLY IN FOG

    First hand experience and expensive lesson learned - was photographing the fog coming in from the ocean. It was coming in quicker than I thought. I saw the danger and started to descend, albeit too late. Got message "Infrared Sensor Failure" and the aircraft initiated landing. Came down at...
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    Aircraft 'swivels' on ground just before rotors shuts off

    I agree that it is not related to the landing gear. From new I did notice that the spark will kind of pull down more to one side before the rotors shuts down completely (whilst on the ground, JUST before the rotors shuts down). I will swap props around to see if it alleviates the problem. 9...
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    Aircraft 'swivels' on ground just before rotors shuts off

    Since I installed landing gear (four little plastic legs like in the picture below) I noticed that when I land the aircraft on the ground it 'swivels' on one of the legs just before the rotors shuts off. I think the same happened before, but the little rubber feet on the spark provided enough...
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    Camera drift

    Also read this somewhere. It is a bit annoying though. I had taken some photos which were out of focus and I am suspecting that it might be because I took the photo while the image was still being 'stabilized'. Is this possible?
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    Camera drift

    Checked over the weekend - same scenario in normal and sport mode.