Recent content by shawnski451

Well, that's exactly what I was working on particular that day. I think I may have made some adj in the controller settings but I was really trying to get a good feel for how the Spark reacted to my controller inputs. If ya get a chance, I recommend finding a wide open area and practice flying...

Yeah, Getting some free hand practice. I think I switched it back over to sport mode when It tipped down.

I went to Buffalo NY's Small Boat Harbor to sharpen some of my DJI Spark "Sport Mode" flying skills a couple of years ago and forgot that I had this cached footage still on my old phone. I have no idea what I did with the original video... I just went with what I had and threw this together with...

Indeed, same Satellite count usingDJIGO4... But it doesn't interfere with the manual operation of the drone. It flies just fine with the 8-10 Satellites using the DJI GO4 it seems like once it drops to 10 or below, the waypoint mission just stops. Here is airdata screen shots from the latest...

Okay so I took both my mavic air and my spark to a different location. The mavic 2 different Litchi missions multiple times with out any issues. So I put the spark up and it made it around 200 ft away and stopped dead in it's tracks. Looks like it's not finding enough satellites. Took off with...

Indeed. That was the 1st thing I tried. I'm going to give it another try at a different location today. Maybe it was just a GPS issue.

Ok so I was attempting to fly a proven Litchi Mission with my Spark but ran into a couple of issues... This is a mission that I devised a couple of years ago and have flown many times with both my Spark and Mavic Air. However, this time the Litchi app began throwing these alerts at me every time...

Not bad. I actually do quite a bit of cold weather flying with the Spark. Battery life is a bit shorter 8-10 minutes.

Buffalo Ny Snowvember 2022 Aftermath on my street. It was 27F degrees when I filmed this

Aewsome video!!! What equipment did you use to make this? Video editor too?

Yeah, I've heard way to many horror stories about that battery issue happening. It most certainly is a lesson that I don't need to be taught. I frequently fly over lake Erie ( as far as 1.5 miles) but never with out a strap.

Wow! Where can I find that video? That would be awesome to see.

It actually handles the wind very well around 20mph... I've flown it in 25 mph winds before and that was a little dicey. Another thing, I never fly over water without a battery strap on it. Too many horror stories about batteries falling out to take that chance.

That's exactly where I was. I'm honestly not afraid to put the Spark up in those conditions... I mean, any more wind than that wouldn't be a good idea. I'm thinking about doing a re-shoot of the same video on a nice summer day.

It sure is. I call it my workhorse. I also have a Mavic Air that I paid like $800.00 that's for nice weather flying. Lol.