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Just got a controller... OMG!
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<blockquote data-quote="William Porter" data-source="post: 34833" data-attributes="member: 7289"><p>Unlike you, I'm a total newbie. Never flown a drone or even a remote-controlled airplane before. I didn't plan to use the drone a lot and wanted to keep costs down, so I bought the Spark without the controller (~$360 from Amazon, I think). Quickly realized I needed a second battery. And after tentatively taking my first "steps" up into the air using my iPhone to control the Spark, and like you, after watching lots of videos, I finally realized that the iPhone's flat screen is just not a very good way to control the thing. I felt I needed to keep looking at my hands on the iPhone to make sure I was touching the right things and not (say) accidentally tapping on the RTH button or something. So I ordered the controller. And I second your response: Wow!! It really is a different experience.</p><p></p><p>I've already been wrong in my predictions a couple of time but I truly don't think I'm ever going to want to use sport mode, unless I find a really big open space out in west Texas. What I mainly want to do with the drone is go UP and take photos. But even for that simple task, the controller makes flying much, much easier.</p><p></p><p>My advice to people who haven't purchased already would be the advice that I was given and ignored: buy the fly-more combo.</p><p></p><p>Will</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William Porter, post: 34833, member: 7289"] Unlike you, I'm a total newbie. Never flown a drone or even a remote-controlled airplane before. I didn't plan to use the drone a lot and wanted to keep costs down, so I bought the Spark without the controller (~$360 from Amazon, I think). Quickly realized I needed a second battery. And after tentatively taking my first "steps" up into the air using my iPhone to control the Spark, and like you, after watching lots of videos, I finally realized that the iPhone's flat screen is just not a very good way to control the thing. I felt I needed to keep looking at my hands on the iPhone to make sure I was touching the right things and not (say) accidentally tapping on the RTH button or something. So I ordered the controller. And I second your response: Wow!! It really is a different experience. I've already been wrong in my predictions a couple of time but I truly don't think I'm ever going to want to use sport mode, unless I find a really big open space out in west Texas. What I mainly want to do with the drone is go UP and take photos. But even for that simple task, the controller makes flying much, much easier. My advice to people who haven't purchased already would be the advice that I was given and ignored: buy the fly-more combo. Will [/QUOTE]
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