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Recent content by Nuner83

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    Tethered Spark?

    Update: my untouched, charged battery weighs 98 grams. My battery case with just the control board weighs 21grams. This gives me 78 grams to play with without increasing the weight of my Spark. The heaviest 20 gauge wire I could find was spec'd at 3.71 lbs/1000 ft. Breaking this down to...
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    Tethered Spark?

    @BigAl07 I appreciate your response. I've looked into Flyability and they do have a great drone but the big improvements they have made have more to do with having to inspect internal structures that are far more complex that what I am doing.(large lighting, wifi boosters, full guarding and a...
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    Tethered Spark?

    Just an update I've already completed several tank inspections. the compass handled the tank just fine. Other companies do these kind of inspections only with more expensive rigs. I've torn the batter apart, found that the "smart" circuitry has 3 batteries plugged into it, each 3.8 volts...
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    Tethered Spark?

    A couple issues there. I have some size constraints that make the Spark preferable. I am trying to enter the tank from a small access point at the top of the tank. These are food processing tanks that require hours of additional cleaning, sanitizing etc is anything contacts a surface. I say...
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    Tethered Spark?

    We have a ready power supply so I shouldn't have to worry about losing power. My thought was that if I could eliminate the cells from the battery that should free up space for some lightweight power cables. I'm wondering if I could pop the cells out and hard wire a cable to those connection...
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    Tethered Spark?

    Good Evening group. I'm new to the forum as I just recently got into using the Spark at work. We've had it but only recently found a real use for it (we weren't looking very hard to use it for anything but fun tbh) We've started inspecting the inside of large metal tanks/agitators with the...