Recent content by Tom Croley

Sunny this afternoon after a very foggy morning. I decided to take the drone out and refresh my "autopilot" skills. When you are used to flying RC planes where you have direct control of your craft, it is very strange to push that button and watch your drone take off on its own and zoom to a...

Thanks for the tip, Chris. I was wondering about Hanger. I noticed that their blog does not have proper security anymore and wondered about it. My browser refuses to access it. I'll be trying it again in a few days when the weather breaks a little.

Ha..... I have to read some of my own posts to remember how to use autopilot.

Sorry I have been away from the forum for so long.... I just have not been flying much and I have not been using Autopilot when I do. Well I'm back. We have lived next to a big field for almost 40 years now. The other day, much to our chagrin, they started working on it. It looks like it has...

I always pay close attention to what direction my spark is pointing. If I suddenly have a disconnect or atti, then I know which way to fly home on manual stick.

Positively positive. Positive! Ok.... a little more positive.

I think the mapping function is for high altitude flying.... may not work down low.... not sure. I think if you are looking for a small object in a field, such as a spark, just fly over the field systematically and watch for it...all manual flying. Record session if you want and review on...

Congrats on the success of mission 3. I will definitely try it. The specs on the spark vs what is said in the manual seem to differ or I am just missing something. As you stated, the spec DOES list interval shooting, but when you look up shooting modes in the DJIGo4 manual, it is never...

I don't think that the Spark supports "interval shooting"..... So even though the APP may report that interval photo are being taken, they are not because the Spark does not support this feature. I wish it did. Personally, I do not use Video hardly at all.... only photos. So it would be a...

I went out this afternoon and flew three flights, two with AP. It was too windy to try a mapping mission so I just flew a couple of old waypoint missions that I had previously saved. On one mission, I clicked the icon in the bottom right to pull up the "live options" that are available. While...

I recommend that you write a note to their tech support and see what they have to say about the behavior. I had a similar thing happen once on an orbit mission. I wrote and got an answer but I can't say I clear understood the answer, and unfortunately I discarded the note.....(won't let that...

I recall having some difficulty with "map" mode in getting the camera to activate automatically as expected. I plan to work on it some more as soon as the weather and wind clear up a bit.

I think you will enjoy it. It is a strange feeling watching your spark fly off under automatic control. Let me remind to you program the custom button to abort mission.... that way you regain instant control without using sport mode.

You do not "transfer the mission" to the Spark. You must fly using the RC and the Mini.

To setup a waypoint mission using the Mini, you must be connected to the internet so that you Mini will show a map. You can do this without using the drone at all. You Mini can be connected to your home network or any other internet hot spot. Select the waypoint mission and then scroll the...