Vyborny83
Second Officer
Flight distance : 166014 ft
Czechia
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Snoopy 3d Posted at 2017-12-22 07:43
I'm a new Spark user and reading over the user manual I'm not finding anything on OTG (not sure what that stands for) so why all the negative comments on no OTG support? Am I missing something?
Let me give you an explanation from the other side of a barricade. The spark as a hardware is capable of all the advanced features (or at least most of them) as Mavic Pro as one member of this forum proved with a modified version of the DJI Go 4. The limitations Spark has (compared to the Mavic) are purely software based (probably marketing decision to increase the sales of more expensive drones).
As far as I am concerned, I don't care whether I am using a WiFi or a cable, all I want is the range I was promised and a stable flight without disconnects. The problem in Europe is that a lot of phones does not support the 5,8GHz band. That means that when you set the frequency between the remote and the spark to 2,4 GHz, you loose the connection between the phone and the controller as the phone cannot use 5,8 GHz. There was a workaround to that, an OTG cable (explained a few post above). You used it to connect your phone to RC and could use the 2,4 GHz band for the spark which allowed us to use the promised maximal range of about 500 meters (US have different regulations, your max range is about 2 kilometers if I remember it right).
Unfortunately, this ability was disabled and due to some reasons the range of 5,8Ghz dropped significantly (about 50m in my case). I had to revert back to an older version of DJI GO 4 4.1.14 and spark firmware 01.00.0600 to restore the OTG support and get my range back. This is the reason why there are so many angry post lately and frankly, all those "older" pilots mocking us are only making that frustration worse. Seriously, one would expect that such "experienced" pilots would rather try to calm people down instead of provoking agry responses by stupid comments. All we want is the stability and the range that was promised in Sparks specifications and since there is a problem with 5,8GHz in Europe, the OTG solution is the best way.
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