Flying Spark Indoors

[sparkboy13]

I was thinking of flying my Dji Spark inside my house. How stable does it hover. Does the infrared sensor keep it hovering stable without gps? Flying it outside right now is not really available. We are going through a monsoon and there’s the anc 15-33 runway project.

 

[SoccerRef12]

I flew my Spark indoors and found it very stable & responsive. You are supposed to change the loss signal to hover instead of RTH, but in ANSI, I couldn't find where to do that. Maybe someone can enlighten me on that? But if you maintain LOS losing WiFi signal shouldn't be an issue.

 

[nilanjan118]

I flew my Spark indoors and found it very stable & responsive. You are supposed to change the loss signal to hover instead of RTH, but in ANSI, I couldn't find where to do that. Maybe someone can enlighten me on that? But if you maintain LOS losing WiFi signal shouldn't be an issue.

That option is not available on DJI Spark.

 

[Spark 317]

I was thinking of flying my Dji Spark inside my house.

Make sure you have the prop guards on and the room(s) are well lit so the VPS can see the floor.
You shouldn't have a GPS signal inside the house and relies on the VPS to remain stable.

Use Tripod mode and stay away from the walls and the ceiling. The prop wash may cause the Spark to drift towards them. I had mine skipping against the ceiling like an air hockey puck once. Lol.

 

[msinger]

The prop wash may cause the Spark to drift towards them

It will also blow things around the room and possibly kick things up into the props.

I was thinking of flying my Dji Spark inside my house. How stable does it hover.

Hovering shouldn't be a problem. You're likely not going to have much fun though unless you live in a house that has 20 foot+ ceilings and expansive rooms. In a typical house, you're not going to be able to do much but fly super slow and constantly avoid obstacles.

Maybe pick up a smaller drone like a Potensic drone to fly indoors. They are much more durable than a Spark and you won't have an expensive bill to pay if you break something.

 

[SoccerRef12]

It's is a correct statement that if you don't have high ceilings, there's not much point in flying the drone indoors. I have 17 for ceilings and flew the Spark up to about 10 feet to take this panoramic pic.

 

[Northwood Mediaworks]

I did it once, and had a "near miss" with a wall... its stable, but as other have said, the prop wash will tend it to veer towards the walls.

Get a tello or something like that, I think i am going to do that for our long winter season this year.

 

[I B Spectre]

It will also show you where the dust bunnies hide.

 

[SoccerRef12]

I have a high dormer window. I've thought of using the Spark to clean the inside windowsill...[emoji12]

 

[Spark 317]

It will also show you where the dust bunnies hide.

And the better half says you don't help with the chores around the house. ?

 

[RotorWash]

Me: Getting ready to launch indoors. Rusty (my cat): Don't even think about it buddy...

 

[jimlips]

Here is a video of me flying my Spark indoors (with prop-protectors). My ceilings around about 9-feet high, so that is a bonus. I was testing the collision-avoidance sensor, which worked pretty well. Kinda noisy, though. https://youtu.be/cWMeKa0HRH0

 

[Northwood Mediaworks]

Ya, the ensuing dust storm that gets setup is worth consideration, some of that might get sucked into the Spark. We have a sign on our refrigerator that says, "Dust is what gives our house that warm fuzzy feeling". Your house may be different.

 

[tmgrood]

I have flown mine in the house before with no problems.l kept it up about halfway between the floor and the ceiling and made very small movements with the sticks.
Scared the heck out the cats though.