4800 feet is more then enough for me thank you for sharing!!! God bless

You are the first one to do a distance test I being waiting for that. Thanks

dude, i don't know why anyone would dislike this video, but it is one of the most daring distance test video I've seen. I wouldn't have gone through those first powerlines the way you did but I'm glad i got to see someone do it. awesome video sir, please keep it up.

I can't wait for mine. Love how discreet it is due to its size. Its basically a stealth drone once its high up in the sky.

HE is bloody good editing HE deserves more subscribers i am impressed HE is editing like a Pro

Thank you very much for making this video. Done nice, straight forward, and you gave me the information I needed. I like that you don't act crazy disappointed that it didn't go the full 1.2 miles. 4800 feet is really amazing for such a small drone. The fact that it came back within a few feet of the takeoff point is also extremely impressive too. Thank you again from Philadelphia PA. When I do my video from NJ to Philly next to the Ben Franklin Bridge, please know your video directly encouraged me to give it a shot. I love people who post to KZfaq for the education and encouragement of others. Have a great day!!!

Thank you for these videos. I'm glad to see some real world videos from an end user rather than the ones from so-called drone experts all the time. I have my Spark on order from Amazon and can't wait to get it and have some fun.

SOLD!!!! This is what I was waiting for!!! Thanks, one video I saw made it seem you couldn't go far. It will work for me since I'm just doing this as a hobby.

Thanks bro this was so helpful...i recently purchased the spark open box... and i love it so far

Oh it's here! Thanks for doing this!

Awesome!!! Spark is an incredible Drone. This video is what I was looking for.

Love the video. Just got one and still waiting for my prop guards, extra battery and controller to arrive. I am impressed at the "real world" distance test and its Auto mode to return home after signal loss.

Thanks for this video. IT showed me a lot about the Spark, including the video quality. One note on the distance; I don't know if anyone else mentioned it but the power lines that you went under on the way out most likely caused some interference that resulted in some loss of distance. All in all, the Spark seems like an excellent Drone, especially for traveling.I also saw in another video where a professional photographer that normally used a Mavic went to the Spark and just up-scales the video to 4K in editing. It looked extremely good, but then again, yours with the 1080p also looked great to me. Thanks again.

For my mavic pro 10km distance it really depends which area your are you on and the weather condition also

wow! emergency return home is what i needed! getting this baby soon!

my remote comes in Friday. stoked. Thanks for the video man

Thanks for the help! I have been wondering this for a while!

Good thanks, soon I'm buying one and thanks for telling us how far it can go. Also you forgotten to open your propellers

The mighty little spark is a badass! I fly mine WAY more than my phantom 4 pro. In a rural area without much interference, I've flown it out just over a mile at a height of 390ft, returned and still had nearly 50 percent battery! Optimum conditions of course.

Just bought my spark drone yesterday looking forward to Flying it.

Great video... I have just got a spark and have posted my first video so this was very helpful thank you

damn it, this video has sold me on the spark! thanks for this man

You need to be elevated, The earth is round, hills etc. etc. The horizon is at a distance of 2.9 miles. So if you are low under 100 feet etc. you just ran over the limited Horizon. Try again at over 200' and see if you gain more on that distance.

Thanks for review. Awesome

Thanks for the video! I've already got two scratch built quads but with these impressive changes in tech, I want something that doesn't feel like a grocery cart with props and wires stuck all over it. The Spark seems like a good bet so far.

TY for the range test! I just bought one an hour ago as my 1st drone ever “Welcome to the dark side right?” LoL looks like I will have to skip the remote purchase since this will be used up close using my iphone. I will probably have to go with the mavic pro or the P4 Pro when I outgrew this one for our extreme long range target shooting of 1 mile plus!!! It will be our new spotter out in the desert!!! TY!!!

With the controller can i still use the phone just for the video transmission and use the controller just for the FPV part of.flying ? Also is the cable to the transmitter still a good.idea

Very interesting data...thanks so much for this!

superrrrr helpful! thanks! the spark surprises!

nice, been waiting for this!

Hey, have you tried the gesture mode, my doesn't seems it's working properly, and it's more responsive when I use my fist than my palm, let me know if you are experiencing the same thing

Cool test. This quad looks like a winner.

Thanks for the video, I plan to add the spark to my vlogging kit!

Not bad. Waiting for my combo to ship so I can take it on a road trip next month in CA, OR and WA then back to Idaho.

Great video - I've no doubt using the parabolic antenna boosters from DJI will allow you to get a greater distance. Give it a try.

I'm not sure if your spark has the same feature as the Mavic, but when using the DJI GO4 app and you slide that hmm slider over for take off there is a box that appears above it that ask if you want a precision landing and you have to have that on within the app as well in your settings. if you check that box then slide that slider and fly a distance away and click return to home or if its activated, it will return to almost the exact spot it took off from within inches. I am impressed every time my Mavic does it

Wow Very long range that's pretty good for small drone👍👌🤙

Cool demo. Thanks

for a small hobby drone I would say the range is very good, especially considering your location and potential interference. good video, handy.

I just posted my Spark distance test (just the drone footage, not as nice as your video), and mine went out 4422 feet before I got a Lost Signal message. I'll have to say, I was literally shaking I was so nervous (and I'm not a nervous person at all). Losing the Spark and being out $500 is secondary, I just didn't want to have a rogue drone land on anyone). I'm amazed at how calm and cool you are in this video when you lost signal.

How does the video stream to your device ? WIFI ? That's a long distace for wifi what other signals would stream videos for over a mile

Thanks for the Info Bro! Goods job!

Nice test flight! I think I'm ready to order one. :D

I just got a spark and have been watching youtubes all day trying to get comfortable with everything before I take it up. I believe it hovered at the end because it has a built in safety feature to keep it from landing in the water, etc., when it returns automatically.

Man I got one last week they're sooooooo good

Thanks for this test. Need to get da controller

Great job.

Great review.

I've managed to take my spark out 8,250 ft on yesterday with no range extender or a otg cable . So i went well over the 1.2 advertised mile. i also did it outside the city limits with limited electronic interference. And that very close to the distance record on my Phantom 3 advanced with range extender .

Great stuff!!

Hi, check it out what is "Fresnel zone" it will help you understand why you did not reach the suggested distance. Also your home point (take off point) is as importance as the flying path you took especially executed a maximum distance test. I hope by now you know how to reset "failsafe RTH" function, you are very lucky did not hit the power line or that chain-link fence.

Short and he gets straight to the point! Subscribéd👍☺️

I always open the propellers before using the spark, isn't it necessary as I am seening from this video?!

Great video

Wow that’s crazy. I’m gonna buy one

i just got a spark and don't see any option to customize what the drone does when signal is lost(example, auto land, hover or return to home); I see this option on my mavic and phantoms and always set to return to home but it got me nervous that I don't see that option in my app I don't know if its normal or a glitch and I'm just hoping mine is set to return to home on signal lost.

Go on top of the complex and try it again at around 120 feet high and watch. You can always cancel return to home bro that way you have control over it and also when launching from auto launch let it hover for a few seconds then climb to around 30ft and let it hover for 5 seconds so it can read it's take of point, then you take off, otherwise it would not auto land where it take of from. Good stuff bro. Thanks

Waooo interesting result! Good video

When you fly the drone high does it come back to you

to go far, you need to fly straight, and high(very important), and avoid power lines. so what were you thinking?

nice video man

That's what's up haven't done that with mine but I sure will try it. You should do a video on all the different features it has so I don't have to find out the hard way.

I would have been curious to see if you can take over on it's way home to keep it from landing on a light or a fence.

Great video. My spark only flies 200m. After this distance, I lose the video signal. The signal has a lot of delay.

I just found your channel have you got any night flight with the spark. I’m doing research before I try any info will be very helpful?

Great video. Thanks for testing out the range. The range has been my biggest question. I currently have a Yuneec Breeze that can go about 250- 300 ft. I wanted a bit more range but don't really need the 4 miles that a mavic can go. I'm also curious about how slow it is in normal gps mode. What is the max speed you have gotten in gps mode?

I'm only getting about half a mile distance, should I have the distance switch turned off are on? I have antenna boosters and direct connect cable, wifi turned off. I do have lots of trees real close that I have to go over.

*** H E L P P L E A S E *** Just got my Spark. Very excited. I noticed you were able to put an ipad mini into the Spark RC... for the life of me, I can't make mine fit.... can you do a short video on how to get the ipad mini into the controller for the Spark. A friend as a Mavic, and mini fits fine in that... but I can't get it to fit in my new Spark. thank you... keep up the great videos

wow amazing drone

Remember. When I gets close to you, you can always cancel return to home and take over again and make it land where you want.

I FREAKING NEED THIS

Cool. Very good video:)

Have you repeated the test? I'd be interested to see if the Spark enters RTH at the exact same distance every time. Just wondering if the RTH is software activated.

Thank you so much. I was wondering about the range limit of this little guy. also, do you think it will hold a Samsung Tab 2 tablet?

Nice video thanks

Nice job. im hitting subscribe. Thanks!

My top distance so far is 15,938 feet...so just over 3 miles. That's round trip. I still had battery power to go further but I lost signal. I have the parabolic range booster now but haven't given it a proper range test yet.

I have yet to see a height and distance test without the controller. Would love to see those results... Not sure though if it would vary from phone to phone? Thanks!

Thank god finally

So, when it returns to home after reaching the distance limit can you at any point take over control? Or does it do it on it's own and you just hope it lands near it's take off spot??

I can't get more then 250m! (850ft). How do you set the antennas?

My one drone the phantom standard goes 1500 feet it's good but 4K feet is great for its size. Great back pack drone.

How do you already have the Fly-More package?!?

How did you setup your iPad with your controller? What size iPad? Thnx

I’m sure you’ve figured out how to make it land just inches away from where you took off. Hover above a landing pad about 12 feet high until it tells you that precision landing is activated

hello sir, can i ask if it does have a spare battery?

great experiment but what were you doing taking off amongst that flood light and the fence and letting it self-land. lucky!

to rth and land correctly you should raise it up to 10 meters immiedeadttly after launch so it can take the pictures of whats under it :)

Thanks for taking the plunge and seeing what it would go out to so I don't have to! Haha

Hello, I am Samir. How's video quality ? What if we do 1080p video to slow motion in post production, does it gives jitters? & how's flying time performance ? please give me your view on over all performance as I am planning buying it. Thank you

When it came back in safe mode, did you have to catch the drone or the drone safely landed itself?

Have you ever experience loosing the spark signal when using controller in short distance?

please make more dji spark videos because I will be getting one soon

Great demonstration, but doesn't the FAA require the craft to visible. Anything distance beyond what you can see is in violation, right?

How are you controlling the Fly ? Is it compatible with all the phones ?

thank you for this video very helpful

When it’s returning home does it sense obstacles or will it hit power lines fences and other stuff?

Good video, thanks! Watching the start of your vid, I have a feeling the reason the Spark missed it's return to home spot slightly is that you did not fly quite high enough straight up when you took off initially. I saw another vid (I think it may've been a Mavic, but I'm sure technique is the same) saying you need to fly up to about 15-20ft and hover steady for a few seconds for it to get a really good RTH lock - you only went to about 6ft then shot off laterally. Worth remembering.

what are those small "tilt"-s of video when you fly the drone? wind? or you touch the remote sticks accidentally? is that the "sport" mode where video banks during turns?

Hi.I watched your video and I thank you for this test. Is your Spark's FCC mode switched on or is normal. I just bought a Spark so I don't know what to do Thanks