Recent content by nilanjan118

I am facing the same problem with no solution till date.

Once you are able to catch the bird, you can also hold down on the left joystick (descend) to shut off the motors.

I purchased my Spark back in October 2018 and the only time I had to update firmware was during the initial set-up step. There has been no firmware updates since then. The frequent update prompts you see are "Flysafe database update" which are nothing but geo-fencing updates related to NFZs.

Palm launch is quite handy when we don't have a flat surface to take off from. Just make sure that your face is well lit and Spark quickly detects it after a double tap of the power button and hovers steadily in the air making eye contact with you. ;) It is true that Spark goes straight into...

Key is to ensure that the home point is correctly recorded before take off. Usually it takes a while after powering ON the aircraft at the time of the first flight for sufficient satellites to lock and get the home point recorded. I have noticed that subsequent flights after changing the battery...

You need to enable "Developer options" menu first. Go to settings, tap on "About phone/device". Then tap on "Build number" multiple times (7~10 times) till a prompt shows up.

What a lovely sunset.

I was flying my Spark last Sunday, 15th August (India's Independence Day) and had captured pretty good footage as well, with 3 batteries exhausted. However, as I tried to resume my filming after recharging the batteries, I saw a "No Signal" message on the status bar with the camera feed having...

Glad you finally managed to get the modified app. Be wary of the sweeping motion of the drone while in Cinematic mode though. Braking distances are increased too. Will take a few flights to get used to it but once you master it, you can get awesome cinematic shots with it. Keep us posted.

With the Cinematic mode, you easily fly at ~50km/h and still do smooth turns. This video I shot using cinematic mode will give you an idea of how fast you can go and how smooth the video still looks. NOTE: The telemetry overlay (speedometer, altimeter, distance from home etc.) is added in the...

Try switching off the obstacle avoidance sensors. It will give you about twice the speed of P-mode. There is also a "Cinematic Mode" which gives you stable video at maximum speed but for that you need to download and install a moded app.

Gives me the chance to share an old thread. ? No hardware modifications like parabolic dish or range extenders used. https://sparkpilots.com/threads/my-longest-flight-video-with-telemetry-data-overlay.12803/

Quick tip: Always take off from a fairly open area and mark it as your home point. Never use dynamic home point.

Seen something on similar lines pop up when trying to take off from a tilted surface. Never seen it mid flight. High winds do make the drone tilt beyond normal to hold position but then we get something like - "High winds. Fly with caution."

This is fantastic. Thanks for sharing.