Yeap, most likely.

Yeah, owned for around a week+.

So far only did 4 flights, for the image I can say it's on par with S7 edge(*As I'm using S7 edge), have not did any night shot but day shot is good enough, later after work I share picture I took with Spark last week.

For video, I just record a 2 min flight, I could say it's good enough but try to minimize using yaw because of the 2 axis gimbal when yaw could notice a slight jitters.

Panorama is good, able to take horizontal/vertical and it took 9 picture automatically but it's better to stitch it yourself after taking as DJI app auto reduce the size and quality.

Gesture control is a hit and miss, and use with cautious. It's recommend to use when connect with your phone/controller.

Even Spark is small size, it could withstand quite a strong wind, my first flight I did it during windy condition but surprisingly it able to hold it position well and the picture/video taken it's all look good.

Overall, I would say Spark is a good drone for person who is new to drone and do not mind some sacrifice in image such as Raw and longer shutter speed. The downside is on the range, as it's using WiFi, its very easy to get interference in urban area.

I not sure where to upload, so I upload here or let me know if you need to see original fire.





For video can check up this video I upload to google drive

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1ppE_lcr...MHZFMnpuX294anM

Both picture and video is unedited


so far only try Marina Barrage, but Singapore flyer also can. Marina Barrage is suitable for maiden flight, dont do it on the part people play kite, its not allow, you can fly at the grass beside car park. If you want we could meet up and go fly together, there is actually a active mavic & spark group in Singapore, I joined their whatsapp group and almost everyday there will be few person gather together to fly.

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All using Auto, it can be better if use manual, actually abit hard to see my phone screen due to sunlight waiting for my sunshade to arrive. By the way, there is option to display histogram on screen, I forget about that so should be able to control the exposure better with it.


Nope, that's my first flight I only go up to 40 meter but the area I flying limited to 60 meter. If you ignore the limit, can go up to 500 meter.

Faster get 1 and try, you will not disappoint with it

btw it's recommend to connect your phone to RC via OTG cable to reduce video latency, and if you're using edge phone its better to get a external phone holder for RC. Mavic/Spark RC when mount edge phone, the edge its kinda hard to press and if your lightning/usb-c/micro usb cable is not L-shape, you will have abit discomfort holding the remote too

i also consider for very long between mavic and spark then finally go for spark.

Is your room well lit? If not, the downward optical sensor wont work well. Your DJI Go4 show ATTI or OPTI?

I think thats why, if it show Atti means there it's in full manual mode without any GPS/downward sensor assists to hold position but barometer should still work to hold altitude

It's not recommend to do IMU calibration if the APP did not ask you, normally it's shipped with IMU calibrated in control environment as I read from other forum.

Almost pull the trigger on mavic pro, but worry I will not fly it alot because mavic pro look more threatening to public, haha. So decide to get Spark, as I could easily launch it anywhere or launch and land using hand. May upgrade to mavic pro 2 next time when Spark cant meet my requirement

It's same like mavic pro, there is limitation to follow too. Just that due to it's size and look, it look less threatening in public thus less issue I guess beside that Spark can easily use hand launch & land where it's possible to use when you're on a boat/yatch where mavic can use hand but there is a risk.

Actually main benefit of Spark is weight, 4 battery + spark + controller, its just around Mavic weight with 1 battery. So it's more comfortable when carry with other camera gear

Yeap, I think it's due to Spark take off weight is 300g more than 250g set by FAA, not sure if FAA applicable for US only or include other country. If i not wrong, drone law applicable for all drone include zerotech dobby, just try avoid flying above crowded area then should be ok.

Haha yeap, but I believe crowded place should still have some spot with less people and you could have a quick launch on your drone go up, take a few picture/video then come back down.

You got a lot of gadgets For me just camera and tripod, and now add 1 more Spark (If the country allow).

Buy first, regret later but I believe you wont regret after you get

use next month budget to get for this month

Yup, as long as it's not a no fly zone and you dont see no drone sign around then it will be safe to fly by following the country rule. Normally if the country not allow to fly, when you enter they will confiscated and store at airport until when you leaving the country only can collect back.

Got gimbal and action cam You do videography a lot?

Yeah, I heard Vietnam started recently but not sure true or not. Vietnam is a nice play to fly drone also, if they really ban then thats very bad.

Haha same, I dont really take video, prefer picture more. I got thought of get go pro hero 5 to replace my mirrorless, but scare picture quality not on par of what I prefer so in the end still back to mirrorless.

Try put your phone in airplane mode and on your WiFi only. If you using android, clear your ram first before start using. I also heard alot story of android app crash, but so far I fly 4 times there is no crash, normally i just clear my background app + ram before starting. Oh, and remove any bluetooth device such as earpiece or smart watch.

What did you set for your return to home altitude? If you flying higher it will remain, but if flying lower than the altitude you set, it will go up to the altitude only fly back to home point.

I think RTH default at 30m. Yup, RTH will work.

What's the GPS count you get when take off? and the GPS count when drop? You can upload your log to airdata/phantomhelp to get more details log, so you can roughly know what causes the issue. By right drone should not drop suddenly.

Go to airdata.com and register a free user, then there is some steps to get sync token. after that install HD Sync in your device and insert the token then enable Auto Sync. So it will auto sync your DJI Go 4 log into airdata, then air data will breakdown your log to multiple category.

Yeap, vietnam got alot nice scenary. About the drone I'm not so sure but saw that at other forum where people discussing.

Yeah, seem like hero 5 is more for video rather than picture but with the size it's really convenient. For me if I have to choose hero 5 or spark, I will go with Spark although the quality of cam may not be on par with hero 5 but it give you a different perspective of the world

Did you get any error stating magnetic interference?

I following China DJI forum closely before I bought, and actually there is alot of them having similar issue, drone suddenly drop out from sky or sudden lost of GPS but the other english forum, there is much lesser complain on the issue so I guess it might related to China being the first batch of having the Spark and there might be some fix on later batch. Can't confirm on this.

hmm, by right if there is interference it will should warning. Compass calibration ok? but to be safe, for next few flight try dont fly too high and see if got similar issue. If still suddenly drop, better ask seller to exchange a new unit.