Moving gimble to point forward
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lannes
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This must have been the guy who made your spark camera gimbal, he left out a few parts
Today the new Spark arrived. Exactly one month to the day since buying the first one. My thoughts... 3 weeks too long. Turned it on and camera moved instantly. All the work and forums and discussions and experiments over days and days. If only I had known at the start all I had to do was watch if it moved on startup to see if it works. Lol. Thanks again everyone for taking time to help. I appreciate it so much.
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The shop I bought it from was an Aussie franchise. I did get an email from someone in Aussie just before it was all sorted here, so I wonder if one of my emails ended up in Australia head office and so it got sorted... lol. 
Good news! Gimble on the new Spark works great. Turns out the old gimble wasn't connected.
Bad news... After one day of flying... next day, put the battery in, turned it on on a field and it said something about needing to re calibrate the compass. We went to do that like we did the day before and it says compass disconnected. No crashes... Maybe 6-8 short flights the day before by my experienced drone flying son and none by beginner me. tarting to think maybe I should ask for my money back and go for a Mavic? Not sure.
Bad news... After one day of flying... next day, put the battery in, turned it on on a field and it said something about needing to re calibrate the compass. We went to do that like we did the day before and it says compass disconnected. No crashes... Maybe 6-8 short flights the day before by my experienced drone flying son and none by beginner me. tarting to think maybe I should ask for my money back and go for a Mavic? Not sure.
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Aucklander here - I have had other issues with my Spark to the point I have decided that I will also go down the Mavic path. (5mins down the road from th DJI store if you need the "heavys" to visit them lol)
I do like the spark as it is perceived to be a toy by the paranoid and if everything worked would be the perfect little pocket drone for capturing the moment.
Good luck NZBloke.
I do like the spark as it is perceived to be a toy by the paranoid and if everything worked would be the perfect little pocket drone for capturing the moment.
Good luck NZBloke.
Pardon me for intruding but I just wanted to say “Thank You” for the direction about the gimble wheel on the back of the remote. I am new and learn something every time I fly and even when I’m not flying. I was really concerned that my gimble wouldn’t move but that was it!
Thanks from Texas
Thanks from Texas
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