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<blockquote data-quote="Chrislaf" data-source="post: 48299" data-attributes="member: 3317"><p>I have had my Spark since Christmas and love it. It is an amazingly versatile little drone that I can take anywhere. I was disappointed in the first few videos I took with it because there was vertical jerky movements and the gimbal sometimes would not pitch down right away, be jerky, or would not move the full range. I thought I had a defective unit. My Phantom 3 Standard had none of these problems!! Turns out, my problems were related to the limitations of the Spark and once I learned what they were, I have not had any problems or can work around them.</p><p></p><p>Vertical jerks - I discovered this is due to me braking too quickly (releasing the sticks so they centre). Once I began braking slowly and being gentle on the sticks the problem disappeared. Also, there is some jerky movement when yawing due to the 2-axis gimbal which is reduced by slowing the yaw.</p><p></p><p>Gimbal pitch problems - this seems to be related to flying in cold weather. Since the weather has warmed up, I have had no pitch problems.</p><p></p><p>I fly my Spark taking into consideration its design limitations and now most of my problems have disappeared.</p><p></p><p>A fellow drone pilot and photographer asked me just last week, if I was buying a new drone now and had to choose between the Spark and my Phantom 3 Standard, what would I choose? I told him, hands down the Spark.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I do not use OTG and have not had a single connection/lag issue on my iPhone 7</p><p></p><p>Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chrislaf, post: 48299, member: 3317"] I have had my Spark since Christmas and love it. It is an amazingly versatile little drone that I can take anywhere. I was disappointed in the first few videos I took with it because there was vertical jerky movements and the gimbal sometimes would not pitch down right away, be jerky, or would not move the full range. I thought I had a defective unit. My Phantom 3 Standard had none of these problems!! Turns out, my problems were related to the limitations of the Spark and once I learned what they were, I have not had any problems or can work around them. Vertical jerks - I discovered this is due to me braking too quickly (releasing the sticks so they centre). Once I began braking slowly and being gentle on the sticks the problem disappeared. Also, there is some jerky movement when yawing due to the 2-axis gimbal which is reduced by slowing the yaw. Gimbal pitch problems - this seems to be related to flying in cold weather. Since the weather has warmed up, I have had no pitch problems. I fly my Spark taking into consideration its design limitations and now most of my problems have disappeared. A fellow drone pilot and photographer asked me just last week, if I was buying a new drone now and had to choose between the Spark and my Phantom 3 Standard, what would I choose? I told him, hands down the Spark. By the way, I do not use OTG and have not had a single connection/lag issue on my iPhone 7 Chris [/QUOTE]
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