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<blockquote data-quote="Sparkbart" data-source="post: 21532" data-attributes="member: 652"><p>Welcome!</p><p></p><p>Alot of ground to cover. With so many years of drone flying under my belt I learned alot over the years. I'm still learning all the time.</p><p></p><p>My beginner suggestions;</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Create a preflight checklist and follow it EVERY TIME</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Read and Watch all the DJI produced info available</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Watch independent Youtube videos on the Spark</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">TAKE YOUR TIME - Do not rush to get it in the air</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NEVER Ignore "Warnings" and "Errors" - Understand what they mean and how they may affect your flight</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Learn ALL the features of your Remote and the DJI Go app BEFORE flying. Make it so you aren't "hunting" for buttons on functions</li> </ul><p></p><p>One other thing I'd suggest, and this is personal preference, is to buy a cheap sub-100 dollar drone and learn to fly without GPS. At some point, your Spark may go into ATTI mode, and knowing how to fly without GPS is a very good thing. You'll read quite a few threads/posts on here and on other DJI sites about people losing GPS and not being able to "control" their drone and crashing or losing their drone. In all the flights with my Spark I've only had it go into ATTI mode a couple times when I was close to the ground where there was some magnetic interference. </p><p></p><p>Now do you need to do my above suggestion? No. I've got a couple co-workers who bought a Mavic and a Spark who were both first time flyers and have had ZERO issues and are quite happy. </p><p></p><p>Good Luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sparkbart, post: 21532, member: 652"] Welcome! Alot of ground to cover. With so many years of drone flying under my belt I learned alot over the years. I'm still learning all the time. My beginner suggestions; [LIST] [*]Create a preflight checklist and follow it EVERY TIME [*]Read and Watch all the DJI produced info available [*]Watch independent Youtube videos on the Spark [*]TAKE YOUR TIME - Do not rush to get it in the air [*]NEVER Ignore "Warnings" and "Errors" - Understand what they mean and how they may affect your flight [*]Learn ALL the features of your Remote and the DJI Go app BEFORE flying. Make it so you aren't "hunting" for buttons on functions [/LIST] One other thing I'd suggest, and this is personal preference, is to buy a cheap sub-100 dollar drone and learn to fly without GPS. At some point, your Spark may go into ATTI mode, and knowing how to fly without GPS is a very good thing. You'll read quite a few threads/posts on here and on other DJI sites about people losing GPS and not being able to "control" their drone and crashing or losing their drone. In all the flights with my Spark I've only had it go into ATTI mode a couple times when I was close to the ground where there was some magnetic interference. Now do you need to do my above suggestion? No. I've got a couple co-workers who bought a Mavic and a Spark who were both first time flyers and have had ZERO issues and are quite happy. Good Luck! [/QUOTE]
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