Recent content by Geoff

I use an iphone 5s & have had very few connectivity problems between the phone & controller. Not sure I understand how putting the phone in airplane mode would help, also any way that would give a stronger connection?

Did you do any training with Flight Safety in Orlando? I had a very good friend who was a ground school/sim instructor there-Tom Reininger. I went down to visit him last summer & was able to spend about 5 hrs in one of the sims. Even though I have never flown a Citation & hadn't been in a...

And what type do you fly? I retired about 9 yrs ago flying a G4 for a private family-best gig ever!!

What is your profession that you travel to so many places-aviation related?

Is it really necessary to calibrate the compass every time you fly, particularly in same area if there is not a warning notice? I assume the software in the Spark would let you know should imu or compass needed calibration. After 2 months, love the experience of flying even with the heart...

At those speeds how do you avoid obstacles?

At this point mostly yard flyer getting comfortable with the controls & how the spark reacts to them, particularly getting used to the opposite right/left reactions when is returning to you. There is Duke park on Lake Keowee that has a ball field & I will be going there to practice more long...

Salem, but new as well. Got a little frisky, pushed my limit and almost lost the drone. Fortunately I recovered it before the battery ran out.