ImHereToCrash
Second Officer
Flight distance : 5381368 ft
United States
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new here, new to droning. i just got my spark and been enjoying the hell out of it. but i do have a list of fixes, suggestions and ideas me and my GF came up with after flying it around for a good while.
first 2 have to do mostly with the App. sadly my priority list is mostly fixes need to happen not features to add..
1. biggest issue, the app on android is sort of broken, and can be hit or miss. with my S8, the app crashes at random. not good at all, i nearly lost my spark the day i received it... app crash and my spark kept on keeping with a low battery towards a busy road which was a safe distance, until i lost control. it flew out at top speed and covered multiple blocks. luckily i regained control as it started to return home, in god only knows where it thought home was, it reset somewhere else and was going away from the marker.
2. fix the scaling or allow a "cropped" mode for on screen buttons, trying to use S8 with the controller was sort of hell i have to move the phone in and out a lot, just to use onscreen buttons.. infact so bad, i'm now looking at used iPhone 5S's because of this and the fact the app crashes and i nearly lost my spark day 1 of ownership.
3. need to work out better range with 2.4/5.8 ghz bands. either better automatic in flight switching, or slitting the duties up 2.4Ghz and 5.8Ghz, at least allow jumping to happen seamless if OTG cable present if nothing else.. just so it always has better communications..
4. this one my GF came up with, an eco mode, both in app and in firmware...lower usage of power, like around low battery mark or something similar just so you a few spare minutes extra to safely get it back home or out of immediate danger (power lines in her case when she had to override RTH mode)...
5. offer an extended battery, for 20 minutes instead of 16.. im not sure if that is possible but its only extra 4 minutes, so it's hopefully not much extra weight. in the handful of times i flown my drone since owning it, i found myself wanting/needing only 2-4 more minutes...
6. update obstacle avoidance... it moves too slow.. 6.8MPH at fastest, tis ok for cinematic usage or if you're just learning. but its little too slow for going the distance or toying around with.. my GF said a good middle ground could be 12.5MPH dynamically drops to 6 MPH if things it spots that could post risk. that i can live with and i agree with, 6 MPH range it's too slow if you're in the open but want some extra protection just incase.. sidenote to add to it.. it seems obstacle avoidance isn't that smart on the spark either... its super hit/miss. def needs some tweaking to algorithm, i'm not expecting perfection, just expect it not to run into a tree that it clearly sees and is barking at us about being 5 feet away from.
now features i want.
i want more manual settings for photo and video and well as more frame rates and output formats. i dont know if it is possible, but HEVC encoding would be nice as it would allow smaller files with equal or better quality, if the hardware has native HEVC encoding support 60fps maybe possible.. dont knock its possibilities, HEVC been around for years only becoming a thing people recognize more recently.
a way to start various video modes with gestures
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