My first flight with my new DJI Spark (or any drone)
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Scary isn't it, I hit RTH on my 1st flight and it shot up 400ft, I lost sight of it, then 2 mins later it landed next to me, phew.
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I am a former military pilot and disabled veteran. I started flying toy drones to fill the void left by not flying any more. I have been flying mostly toy drones. At 64 I have been reluctant to fly my Spark. Your video has given me confidence that I can do it. Thanks. Great first flight.
Interesting. I’m retired military also and a former private pilot. My ultimate goal is flying FPV with a drone, doing things I could never safely do with a piloted aircraft.
Fly your Spark.
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I never had a remote in my hand as a youngster so before so before i recieved my spark I bought a toy drone to practice it lasted almost two days I crashed every flight till it cound,t get up very good ,so i repaired and it took off still don,t know where or how far it went ,so i was nervous about flying the spark , talk about relief took off and found out it does take care of itself and was easy there was no comparision, lol I,m a 62 year old retired bullrider
I did the same thing with my Spark. Except I had mine set for only 30 meters. But when it first started to climb, I panicked for a second thinking it was going to be a flyaway until a few seconds later when I remembered the RTH altitude setting. I also breathed a sigh of relief when it started coming straight down.
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Great video rcdancer.. it's as though you can see your confidence with the spark growing as the video goes along!! [emoji106][emoji106]
Amazing isn't it RCDancer?
So smooth and easy.
Mantis20,
Let go and fly!
The Spark is almost fully automatic compared to where I started; toy drone where you had to keep the throttle just so right to hover.
It is quite rewarding up there.
Although 3.75 years flying helps out my situation, check the last few entries of my YouTube Channel
pmshop 4
Then compare to my earliest flights
So smooth and easy.
Mantis20,
Let go and fly!
The Spark is almost fully automatic compared to where I started; toy drone where you had to keep the throttle just so right to hover.
It is quite rewarding up there.
Although 3.75 years flying helps out my situation, check the last few entries of my YouTube Channel
pmshop 4
Then compare to my earliest flights
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Thanks. Again a big boost to my confidence. I can't wait to really get out there.
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