Thanks for the reply.
You should post a couple of your spark panoramic shots, to show us all how good a panoramic pic could look if you new what you where doing.
With reference to FPV flying. How long do you really get in the air on a single battery / charge. When I looked at fpv drones in the past they only lasted like 4 to 5 mins. So you needed a truck full of batteries just to have a quick blast for an hour.
Was DJI going to bring out a racing drone ?
Do we know if this is still happening and if so when?
It would be good if you could upgrade / unlock the spark to make it into a FPV racer / free style drone ( all the safety bits turned off which stop you from crashing) I know it wouldn’t be as fast, but it would be a great little learner drone to get started with (we would need to protect the gimbal and camera thought).
Idea / thinking out loud.
For the people who are now out of warrentee they could offer a conversion kit. So you or dji could strip your spark down and pop all the reusable bits into a new lightweight frame. You could reuse the main board,motors and possibly the camera and battery.
Just another thought it would also be good if you / dji could convert the sparks 2 axis gimbal into a three axis gimbal. DJI could even offer a scheme to do it for you and offer a new Warrantee. This would also give the spark a second new lease of life.
It cannot be that hard to do it surly, as it’s already been done on the Mavic Air. I wonder if you could just swap out the sparks 2 axis gambol and replace it with the gimbal from the Mavic Air. How much would it cost to do? (Cheaper than a new drone).
I guess even if it was possible to do, you would also need some additional programming in the dji go 4 app to allow you to control the 3rd axis. I think it could be done by pressing / holding down one of the programmable buttons while you use the scroll wheel. Alternatively instead of using the scroll wheel you could use the left control stick.
Let’s hope dji are looking in on this post and could offer this or something like this in the near future before the spark is discontinued.
Another thing dji could do is offer a discount for people who purchased the spark and now want the buy a Mavic Air.
I remember when Apple offered a large discount when you traded in your old iPhone 2g for the new iPhone 3g. This reward was given to customers as a way of thanking them for trying the very first Apple iPhone .
If DJI offered something like Apple did to all of there spark owners. This reward would make a lot of spark owners a lot happier and feel less ripped off by dji.
To make things worse and to rub salt into the wounds, dji have now dropped the price of the spark (white $399 and other colours $499). This drop in price by dji and with the market being flooded at the moment with second hand deals, our second hand sparks are now worthless. It would go along way to building some bridges.
Sorry for the rant on and hijacking the post .
You should post a couple of your spark panoramic shots, to show us all how good a panoramic pic could look if you new what you where doing.
With reference to FPV flying. How long do you really get in the air on a single battery / charge. When I looked at fpv drones in the past they only lasted like 4 to 5 mins. So you needed a truck full of batteries just to have a quick blast for an hour.
Was DJI going to bring out a racing drone ?
Do we know if this is still happening and if so when?
It would be good if you could upgrade / unlock the spark to make it into a FPV racer / free style drone ( all the safety bits turned off which stop you from crashing) I know it wouldn’t be as fast, but it would be a great little learner drone to get started with (we would need to protect the gimbal and camera thought).
Idea / thinking out loud.
For the people who are now out of warrentee they could offer a conversion kit. So you or dji could strip your spark down and pop all the reusable bits into a new lightweight frame. You could reuse the main board,motors and possibly the camera and battery.
Just another thought it would also be good if you / dji could convert the sparks 2 axis gimbal into a three axis gimbal. DJI could even offer a scheme to do it for you and offer a new Warrantee. This would also give the spark a second new lease of life.
It cannot be that hard to do it surly, as it’s already been done on the Mavic Air. I wonder if you could just swap out the sparks 2 axis gambol and replace it with the gimbal from the Mavic Air. How much would it cost to do? (Cheaper than a new drone).
I guess even if it was possible to do, you would also need some additional programming in the dji go 4 app to allow you to control the 3rd axis. I think it could be done by pressing / holding down one of the programmable buttons while you use the scroll wheel. Alternatively instead of using the scroll wheel you could use the left control stick.
Let’s hope dji are looking in on this post and could offer this or something like this in the near future before the spark is discontinued.
Another thing dji could do is offer a discount for people who purchased the spark and now want the buy a Mavic Air.
I remember when Apple offered a large discount when you traded in your old iPhone 2g for the new iPhone 3g. This reward was given to customers as a way of thanking them for trying the very first Apple iPhone .
If DJI offered something like Apple did to all of there spark owners. This reward would make a lot of spark owners a lot happier and feel less ripped off by dji.
To make things worse and to rub salt into the wounds, dji have now dropped the price of the spark (white $399 and other colours $499). This drop in price by dji and with the market being flooded at the moment with second hand deals, our second hand sparks are now worthless. It would go along way to building some bridges.
Sorry for the rant on and hijacking the post .
