Recent content by Texas Gonzo

Hurricanes and Earthquakes... 2 reasons I live on 52 acres in the direct center of Texas. Yeah, we have tornadoes, but those are easy enough to avoid or build sturdy enough to withstand all but an F5. My sympathies def go out to those in the gulf and SE seaboard... same with the Naw'lins area...

Made a difference for mine. Without, it was good for a solid half mile or so... i could easily push it to a mile with the parabolic extenders attached without dropping signal. As others have said, you need to be pointing straight at the Spark. Also helps to be up around 300-350 ft to avoid...

Prob got hit by that Chinese satellite DJI appears to have in synchronous orbit over the States to cause fly-aways. They got me Oct 3rd... caused mine to keep ascending even though I was pulling full down on the stick. Obviously, I'm kidding about the satellite, but ya gotta wonder somedays...

Bit expensive imho. I had basically the same setup, with 4 batteries and a non pelican case that i have under $800 invested in. Where is the added $300 in value? I'm not meaning to harsh on your sale, just trying to wrap my calculator around that $1100 price tag. Expect to get more like...

Well, i guess my Spark issues are all moot now... it decided to become a statistic yesterday and made a break for the homeland. Yup, add me to the "fly away club" [emoji22]. On my 3rd flight for the day, it took off normally, no weirdness at all. After it got to ~30ft, i let off the sticks to...

I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab4, in 8" and 10" that I use for my Spark and P3S. I tend to use the 10" version with my P3S, mostly due to the heft of a tablet that size fixed to the Spark controller (even an 8" is pretty huge compared to a phone). Both run on Android Marshmallow, and the only issue...

Condensation doesn't seem to be an issue here, though I can totally understand where it could have similar effects. I keep it in a really nice waterproof case, and my house AC is set between 80 and 82°, so no chance of condensation forming when the dew points are typically well below 65° here in...

As this is the closest thread to the issue I'm suddenly seeing, I guess I'll knock here first... The last couple of weeks, my spark has been acting very erratic altitude wise just after take off. Ie: if i initiate an auto take off, it'll rise a foot or so, then drop back down to the pad (which...

I run a CPL exclusively, and constantly. My spark shoots incredibly well with it in low light, as well as full sunlight... even better than my P3S with a cpl attached (which took a lot of counter balancing!). For the Spark, I believe mine is a YoX, it was >$20 off Amazon, and simply snaps on...

Its in French...

Was that 600+ ft your altitude btw?!

What are "quite" props? Quite what? Quite plastic? Quite foldable? Quite cute? Now if we had some quiEt props, that might be something different... but beating the air into submission is never a quiet thing. An awesome coffee cup I saw recently... "I'm silently correcting your grammer". Haha...

I've tried it, even with the function key tied to fpv/follow toggle... it won't take :-( The exaggerated tilt is certainly annoying, and is as simple as dji changing a firmware setting if they wanted to. As far as overloading goes, it still tilts in sport mode, just into the turn instead of...

A chat flunkie? That's pretty offensive...

Yup. And I'm not crazy that it only has fpv view while in sport mode too... along with losing obstacle avoidance (ineffective beyond 16 mph) and flight modes. Don't forget to check the speed setting under stick mode if it barely creeps along suddenly as well. Happy flying, and welcome to the...