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<blockquote data-quote="Burdman44" data-source="post: 25485" data-attributes="member: 3766"><p>Oh yeah - I've read just about every Spark fly away thread, and am fully aware how to prevent them. I also don't believe that fly aways are a real issue with Spark as long as - to your point - proper precautions are taken, AND it's always within LOS - perfectly serviceable machine in every way within those parameters. I'm leaning towards the Mavic specifically because it has the redundant sensors that make it much more trustworthy than the Spark when you wanna fly just beyond/over that tree line, or up 1500 ft where legal (the Caribbean for example), or anywhere else beyond LOS. </p><p></p><p>Besides the LOS issue, the sensor redundancy would also give me more confidence in Mavic vs Spark using Active Track. For instance, if I wanna make a video of myself riding a dirtbike around an outdoor motocross track (not a "professional"/off-limits venue), I'm currently not comfortable putting the Spark up on it's own for a 5-10 minute Active Track video when I can't keep eyes on it/hands on the controller 100% of the time (would have controller in backpack/could stop and get to it in about 15 seconds if I noticed the problem immediately, but if there's a 15 mph wind and that thing switches to ATTI mode while I'm riding, it could very easily get blown out of range or into an obstacle before I could get back on the sticks). Same goes for street drag racing (...which I'd neeevvveerr do...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />), but that would be closer to a minute before I could get eyes back on the Spark/hands back on the sticks. I also believe the Mavic has a much stronger Active Track mode that tracks the position of the device/controller itself as opposed to just the visual object lock the Spark offers, and is thus significantly more reliable staying on target (someone told me that - could be wrong).</p><p></p><p>So, the basic concept I've come to understand after much reading is that more sensor redundancy = drastic reduction in the number of, and the frequency of automatic mode switches to ATTI. Is this the broader community's take on it as well, or am I off in left field/about to spend more money for not much gain?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Burdman44, post: 25485, member: 3766"] Oh yeah - I've read just about every Spark fly away thread, and am fully aware how to prevent them. I also don't believe that fly aways are a real issue with Spark as long as - to your point - proper precautions are taken, AND it's always within LOS - perfectly serviceable machine in every way within those parameters. I'm leaning towards the Mavic specifically because it has the redundant sensors that make it much more trustworthy than the Spark when you wanna fly just beyond/over that tree line, or up 1500 ft where legal (the Caribbean for example), or anywhere else beyond LOS. Besides the LOS issue, the sensor redundancy would also give me more confidence in Mavic vs Spark using Active Track. For instance, if I wanna make a video of myself riding a dirtbike around an outdoor motocross track (not a "professional"/off-limits venue), I'm currently not comfortable putting the Spark up on it's own for a 5-10 minute Active Track video when I can't keep eyes on it/hands on the controller 100% of the time (would have controller in backpack/could stop and get to it in about 15 seconds if I noticed the problem immediately, but if there's a 15 mph wind and that thing switches to ATTI mode while I'm riding, it could very easily get blown out of range or into an obstacle before I could get back on the sticks). Same goes for street drag racing (...which I'd neeevvveerr do...;)), but that would be closer to a minute before I could get eyes back on the Spark/hands back on the sticks. I also believe the Mavic has a much stronger Active Track mode that tracks the position of the device/controller itself as opposed to just the visual object lock the Spark offers, and is thus significantly more reliable staying on target (someone told me that - could be wrong). So, the basic concept I've come to understand after much reading is that more sensor redundancy = drastic reduction in the number of, and the frequency of automatic mode switches to ATTI. Is this the broader community's take on it as well, or am I off in left field/about to spend more money for not much gain? [/QUOTE]
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