It works great. 8 m/s vertical and 6 m/s descent.  55° tilt makes it accelerate faster.  Wind direction was going SW not SE.  I couldn't see SW.  I should've checked the map.  Would've been faster than 18.6m/s.

Change = g_config_fw_cfg_max_speed from 10 to 20.


I've changed the settings to 8 and -8 on both normal and sport.  I'm going to test tomorrow.

Edit: Don't do 8 climbing vert as it could stress the battery too much, do 6 m/s.  If you need to expedite the landing further you can do 10 but I'm sticking to 8.

How did the gimbal perform with these mods? Were you able to yaw at full speed and get stable footage?Thanks for sharing the video but can't see much from there as you are flying at night.

nilanjan118 Posted at 10-9 18:15
How did the gimbal perform with these mods? Were you able to yaw at full speed and get stable footage?

I didn't change those settings.  Just the verticals and tilt.  Waiting so long to get into a vertical position takes so much time.  When you are done with flying you have to wait wait and wait for it to come down.  That is erased.  The acceleration with 55° tilt is awesome but it's not really great for video of course.

AntDX316 Posted at 10-9 18:17
I didn't change those settings.  Just the verticals and tilt.

Wouldn't the tilt affect the gimbal - pitch and roll axis? Also when you are going full speed and turning.

nilanjan118 Posted at 10-9 18:19
Wouldn't the tilt affect the gimbal - pitch and roll axis? Also when you are going full speed and turning.

I don't really plan on flying 1st person with these settings.  This is a for fun 3rd person mode.  I've messed w/ the verticals on normal too because that was snail slow compared to how Sport was.  It felt and sounded stable at peak performance.

I could've went higher on the upward vertical gain but I didn't want to overload the system.  8.0m/s is plenty compared to stock.

I was flying slow towards the end in Sport so it can be done.  Stock performance settings feel like beginner mode to how they are now.  If you want the how-to I can give it.

AntDX316 Posted at 10-9 18:20
I don't really plan on flying 1st person with these settings.  This is a for fun 3rd person mode.  I've messed w/ the verticals on normal too because that was snail slow compared to how Sport was.  It felt and sounded stable at peak performance.

I could've went higher on the upward vertical gain but I didn't want to overload the system.  8.0m/s is plenty compared to stock.

Ok. I understand what you are up to now. But the Spark is primarily a camera done. People have video recording ON most of the time while flying. So I am not sure too many people will be interested in these mods if the footage gets affected.

nilanjan118 Posted at 10-9 18:26
Ok. I understand what you are up to now. But the Spark is primarily a camera done. People have video recording ON most of the time while flying. So I am not sure too many people will be interested in these mods if the footage gets affected.

The footage is unaffected on full sticks going up and down.

I will test tomorrow to see.

I would not try to come down with 6m/s in case there is no wind at all.
That could speed it up, even more.
And it seems, with this settings, you loose about the time in battery life, that you gain by being up/down quicker.
How much amps did the battery have to deliver at full up?
How warm was it, after landing?
I don't really see the big advantage, here.
You paying, assumingly, with quicker aging of every part!

S-e-ven Posted at 10-9 19:51
I would not try to come down with 6m/s in case there is no wind at all.
That could speed it up, even more.
And it seems, with this settings, you loose about the time in battery life, that you gain by being up/down quicker.

I was planning to use thermals to check but it was night time and only flew for a bit.

It actually feels like it does less work coming down at 6 m/s.  I've increased to 8 m/s to see.

You don't have to run at full sticks all the time.  It's just there when you need it.  I assume DJI made it low for a reason as their DJI Careplan would be overloaded with new pilots.  I've come from DIY and racer quads that have no GPS hold, that you have the ability to cut the motors to fly upside down.

I'm going to stress test it by going down and up quick to see what happens but I won't fly like that of course.  Just need to test to see what will happen.  Looking through the feed at 8.0m/s vertical descent on the Inspire 1 Pro (X3), it doesn't feel or look unstable.  The sound, of course, is something else as it sounds like an auto rotation drop to a quick collective punch with a 3D Heli.

S-e-ven Posted at 10-9 19:51
I would not try to come down with 6m/s in case there is no wind at all.
That could speed it up, even more.
And it seems, with this settings, you loose about the time in battery life, that you gain by being up/down quicker.

This was with the 8 m/s ascend 6 m/s descend limits. 55° Sport.
https://app.airdata.com/flight/9 ... POWERVolts_and_Amps

Interesting stuff!
Can you also change the camera settings (like framerate 25fps?)

Montfrooij Posted at 10-10 01:33
Interesting stuff!
Can you also change the camera settings (like framerate 25fps?)

Hi Montfrooij,

Unfortunately not, that seems to be hardcoded.
30fps would be great though...

Cheers,
Wolferl

Wolferl Posted at 10-10 03:05
Hi Montfrooij,

Unfortunately not, that seems to be hardcoded.

Too bad........

Montfrooij Posted at 10-10 06:29
Too bad........

The Spark speed is slow on ascents and descents.  That is now fixed.

AntDX316 Posted at 10-10 09:35
The Spark speed is slow on ascents and descents.  That is now fixed.

Yeah, indeed!

Montfrooij Posted at 10-10 10:34
Yeah, indeed!

You can modify your Mavic Pro parameters too to be faster.

I can't believe no one cares.  The difference between the mod and no mod is like Spark V2.0.

nilanjan118 Posted at 10-9 18:26
Ok. I understand what you are up to now. But the Spark is primarily a camera done. People have video recording ON most of the time while flying. So I am not sure too many people will be interested in these mods if the footage gets affected.

If I didn't add full throttle while full forward stick it wouldn't have yawed at 0:41.  Stock settings are garbage slow now.

How about flying this test with the Go4 Mod 2.0 in cinematic mode, instead of sport on the RC?

S-e-ven Posted at 10-10 22:46
How about flying this test with the Go4 Mod 2.0 in cinematic mode, instead of sport on the RC?

I don't see the app but I don't trust anything other than Go and Go4.  You can adjust the brakes in the parameters I assume but I left them alone.  You can just ease off the sticks instead of going full off.

I could've gone crazier and adjusted more settings but all I really care about is the vertical performance and tilt angle.

The M2s do what the Spark does as it flies easy at 20m/s so I don't need the spark to go that fast if I need to film something important.  It's just for fun but the ability to film was interesting.  I assumed it would look down instead of look up when going forward.

DJI limits you on the settings as they know what the limits actually are.  The drone even limits you from overpulling so it's not like an out of control nuclear reaction.  Verticals are capped at 10 and angular tilt degrees per sec is 900.  I had my racer quad to 720° with Cleanflight that gave you the option (switch) to turn off the limits entirely.  Found out my proper screws were on the wrong place so when it flipped 5 times in 0.25 seconds the prop came off.

AntDX316 Posted at 10-10 22:57
I don't see the app but I don't trust anything other than Go and Go4.  You can adjust the brakes in the parameters I assume but I left them alone.  You can just ease off the sticks instead of going full off.

I could've gone crazier and adjusted more settings but all I really care about is the vertical performance and tilt angle.

The app is, imho, a original Go4, version 4.1.15, with just the Mavic flight modes released for the spark
Google "Go4 mod 2.0" to find it.
And as I have learned in here, the cinematic mode is a slightly damped sport mod.
Up to 50 kph, but no nodding/tilting in curves and side flights
For cinematic filming effects

S-e-ven Posted at 10-10 23:21
The app is, imho, a original Go4, version 4.1.15, with just the Mavic flight modes released for the spark
Google "Go4 mod 2.0" to find it.
And as I have learned in here, the cinematic mode is a slightly damped sport mod.

yeah, I don't trust using it

AntDX316 Posted at 10-10 23:23
yeah, I don't trust using it

It works fine, I am flying it a lot.
Every POI is with that app, p.ex.

S-e-ven Posted at 10-10 23:31
It works fine, I am flying it a lot.
Every POI is with that app, p.ex.

Every POI is with that app, p.ex.
what's p.ex?

AntDX316 Posted at 10-10 16:15
You can modify your Mavic Pro parameters too to be faster.

I can't believe no one cares.  The difference between the mod and no mod is like Spark V2.0.

I don't need speed.
But I might dive into the other parameters!

Montfrooij Posted at 10-10 23:41
I don't need speed.
But I might dive into the other parameters!

If you are doing photo it won't really matter.  I like to observe when I'm in the air so it takes some time to get from place to place w/ the stock settings.  I thought the Spark was bad but after the modding, it feels like an M2.  Seems DJI crippled the settings at the factory but the robustness of the build is 100% great.  Crippled not because it can't do it, but crippled because the drone novice users will be filing claims all the time when they crash it into the wall and trees from having no idea how to fly.

AntDX316 Posted at 10-10 23:33
Every POI is with that app, p.ex.
what's p.ex?

p.ex. par exemple (French: for example; e.g.)
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations
This one, p.ex ;-)

S-e-ven Posted at 10-10 23:50
p.ex. par exemple (French: for example; e.g.)
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations
This one, p.ex ;-)

What does the video look like?

AntDX316 Posted at 10-11 00:02
What does the video look like?

Good question.  not sure if I did video that. or all of it.
I played with the options, turning the spark in every direction, pointing forward, backwards, sideways, every posible angle and spinning it during the POI, to see if any nodding or tilting would happen.
36kp/h is the max, it is offering for POI, but still, it is sport speed ;-)
(I am on ft, at time, 'cause I had to reinstall the app yesterday ;-)

S-e-ven Posted at 10-11 00:23
Good question.  not sure if I did video that. or all of it.
I played with the options, turning the spark in every direction, flying forward, backwards, sideways, every posible angle and spinning it during the POI, to see if any nodding or tilting would happen.
36kp/h is the max, it is offering for POI, but still, it is sport speed ;-)

Can you make a video showcasing it?

AntDX316 Posted at 10-11 00:33
Can you make a video showcasing it?

I can link you one post, that is showing cinematic mode in video

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php? ... p;page=1#pid1922188

S-e-ven Posted at 10-11 00:35
I can link you one post, that is showing cinematic mode in video

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=194881&page=1#pid1922188

How did you get 60fps?  Optical flow or in-app?

It is not my video
The video is from the guy who pointed out, that cinematic mode is going up to sport speed without tilts in curves.
But since he doubled the speed of the video, I think he did 1 sec of 60fps with 2 secs of 30 fps.

S-e-ven Posted at 10-11 01:32
It is not my video
The video is from the guy who pointed out, that cinematic mode is going up to sport speed without tilts in curves.
But since he doubled the speed of the video, I think he did 1 sec of 60fps with 2 secs of 30 fps.

It would be cool to POI on demand w/ the Spark.  Perhaps when the Skydio 2 comes out, they will unlock all the features of the DJI potential to keep up.

AntDX316 Posted at 10-11 02:23
It would be cool to POI on demand w/ the Spark.  Perhaps when the Skydio 2 comes out, they will unlock all the features of the DJI potential to keep up.

Aside:
The mod 2.0 can be installed ASIDE every other  Go4 version, you can find
So there is not that much of a risk!
You can always kill the app, restart the original, pause the flight with the pause button
And you get flight records, into the ori app, in case you update the records
Also it still has google maps

AntDX316 Posted at 10-11 00:33
Can you make a video showcasing it?

I found a video, not that POI from the picture, but the same location, just a smaller radius.

36ish kph POI max speed, video Speed x 4

S-e-ven Posted at 10-11 05:48
I found a video, not that POI from the picture, but the same location, just a smaller radius.

36ish kph POI max speed, video Speed x 4

Can you POI anything w/ the camera focused in the right spot and upload the video?

Oh, I did that already, some month ago.  Mostly the "POI" is just the anchor for the circle, nothing interesting there.
But I think, I found two scenarios you would like to see.
Both are speed up, the second one also was with slowly descending (a "real" hyperlapse  ;-)

Anyway, I really think that you won't get around trying yourself. To see and check, what you want.
Install it aside your  Go4  and  check it out!

S-e-ven Posted at 10-11 22:17
Oh, I did that already, some month ago.  Mostly the "POI" is just the anchor for the circle, nothing interesting there.
But I think, I found two scenarios you would like to see.
Both are speed up, the second one also was with slowly descending (a "real" hyperlapse  ;-)

Doesn't look that smooth.  Can you adjust the speed of the orbit?

AntDX316 Posted at 10-11 22:20
Doesn't look that smooth.  Can you adjust the speed of the orbit?

I think you should test it yourself, better.
At the boat, I had wind warnings, at the field I played with speed and height.

Anyway, my hint was just about: There is a Go4 out there, that just seems to be a original Go4 but with all at that time available flight modes open for the Spark.

S-e-ven Posted at 10-11 22:46
I think you should test it yourself, better.
At the boat, I had wind warnings, at the field I played with speed and height.

There has to be some way to add the flight modes within parameters though.  I assume Litchi doesn't show people how otherwise they wouldn't make money off their software.