So I was taking my furthest flight the other day. I was out 7,100 feet. I flew out at a pretty good clip of 28 mph. I turned around and headed back. All I could get was 18 mph and that was starting to worry me. Ended up getting her back at about 16% but got a little worried along the way.
After a little analysis I discovered conditions changed and I encountered an unexpected 21 mph headwind.
What this told me is the Spark has quite a bit of power in reserve. I read about people hacking and getting much faster speeds and that is cool, but at what impact? I probably could have gotten out further, but would I have been able to come home? Who knows. I’m just glad to know she has some power in reserve to get me home.
After a little analysis I discovered conditions changed and I encountered an unexpected 21 mph headwind.
What this told me is the Spark has quite a bit of power in reserve. I read about people hacking and getting much faster speeds and that is cool, but at what impact? I probably could have gotten out further, but would I have been able to come home? Who knows. I’m just glad to know she has some power in reserve to get me home.