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The Difference between a "fly away" and Remote Signal Lost?
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<blockquote data-quote="Spark 317" data-source="post: 117459" data-attributes="member: 894"><p>Yes. The Spark should keep the Home Point in it's memory and as soon it establishes a GPS connection, the Spark knows where to go in relation to itself.</p><p></p><p>The Spark only has so much battery left and might not make it all the way back to the original HP if it flew with the wind in Atti-mode. It will probably do a fail safe landing on it's way back when the battery can't maintain flight.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>With a GPS enabled device (phone) you can manually update the HP to yourself. Very useful if you are walking around the park or on a boat that is moving. You'll want the ability to bring the Spark to you and not where it was launched from as the boat's not there anymore. You'll have to update manually every time you move.</p><p></p><p>I fly with a WiFi only mini4 and don't have the option to update as it doesn't have a GPS chip. It has a compass, but no GPS.</p><p></p><p></p><p>A couple of apps worth having and checking before flights would be <strong>UAV Forecast</strong> and <strong>Windy.com</strong> available in the app stores.</p><p></p><p>I like the Windy.com app as it has a flowing graphic of arrows to show the direction of the wind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spark 317, post: 117459, member: 894"] Yes. The Spark should keep the Home Point in it's memory and as soon it establishes a GPS connection, the Spark knows where to go in relation to itself. The Spark only has so much battery left and might not make it all the way back to the original HP if it flew with the wind in Atti-mode. It will probably do a fail safe landing on it's way back when the battery can't maintain flight. With a GPS enabled device (phone) you can manually update the HP to yourself. Very useful if you are walking around the park or on a boat that is moving. You'll want the ability to bring the Spark to you and not where it was launched from as the boat's not there anymore. You'll have to update manually every time you move. I fly with a WiFi only mini4 and don't have the option to update as it doesn't have a GPS chip. It has a compass, but no GPS. A couple of apps worth having and checking before flights would be [B]UAV Forecast[/B] and [B]Windy.com[/B] available in the app stores. I like the Windy.com app as it has a flowing graphic of arrows to show the direction of the wind. [/QUOTE]
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