Recent content by grounded

Let me first say thank you to all for your kind comments. They were very encouraging. I do indeed have a white spark and I will be looking into procuring a skin for him. Also I think the quick increase in altitude would have helped. Those birds never risked making contact - I blieve they...

Beautiful! Nice job, sir.

Well folks, this video is a bit too long and possibly too amateurish for this site (the thin cellophane covering had not even been removed from the lens). But I had a lot of fun making it and I learned a lot. My little Spark even survived an attack by a flock of hostile birds over Lake Acworth...

Thanks for all your help and creative suggestions. This forum has always proven to be a big help. Here are before and after photos taken of the same general area before and after removal of the tape or whatever it was off of the lens. I hope they can be viewed.

Well, as much as it pains me to enter this post, I was about to try to clean the lens when I discovered I had forgotten to remove that clear plastic tape over the lens when I received the package from ebay. I would really prefer to just let this thread sink into oblivion, but if this will help...

No sir - good suggestion. I'll let you know how that goes. G

Thanks Oz, I tried the Extreme card yesterday and there may have been a slight improvement but nothing dramatic. I appreciate your help. I think I'm just going to live with it. It isn't horrible, but I do miss my old spark. Maybe there is a new drone in my future. G

Thank you Oz, for your response. I am aware that the Spark is obsolete, but I already had the controller and the charging station so I thought if I could pick up a new Spark on ebay for $200 it would be a good deal. Now this morning I tried a little experiment. I downloaded my latest video...

I have read plenty of posts on issues with video quality on Spark drones but in the responses I never seem to see adjusting the settings as being a solution. My original Spark unfortunately met its demise. I bought a supposed new one off of ebay but to me the video quality is not equal to that...

If I may be allowed to piggyback off of this thread: My original Spark unfortunately met its demise. I bought a supposed new one off of ebay but to me the video quality is not even close to that of my original Spark (may he rest in peace). Could they possibly have snuck in a cheaper camera...

Well DUH! That worked, dude. Thanks so much. Wish I could take you to lunch!

I can view the flight records and see where he went down on the map, but the map only shows the streets and I can't seem to figure out how to get a satellite map to be able to see the structures in the area. I tried downloading a map, but I still only see the streets. What am I doing wrong...

Thank you for this post!! I was losing my mind not seeing the simulator under Academy. Why in the world would they remove it? So they can sell me one instead? Any recommendations for a commercial one for Spark?

Thank you sir, that was very helpful.

I was flying this past weekend and did lose sight of the little guy, but I was not much concerned due to the safety net of RTH. However, shortly after initiating RTH my phone informed me that the RTH had been cancelled and I was now in ATTI mode (for the first time in my life). So I went from...