DJI MAVIC AIR Urban Range Test in HAWAIIAN SUNSET - CLOSE CALL! [2.4Ghz Mode, No Boosters]

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[@M_E_T_R_O__9]

wow..... my heart was in my mouth all the way through the end of that..... epic video well done!!!

[@heyuguys]

Man that was close! Great vid thx.

[@gps-gps]

Mr Dunhill, I enjoy the range test videos you make. I think some people are under the impression it's all about the actual distance, going off some of the comments regarding flying within line of sight etc etc. I see these range test videos as a way of finding out the strength of the signal, therefore the effectiveness of the drone, within the legal limits of course! In built up areas or where there might be obstructions such as trees etc, a drone with a long range will have a signal with a better capability of penetrating such obstacles as trees etc. Just my opinion. Looking forward to your next range test video.

[@theaceeffect2185]

Holy cow! Gave me a heart attack!

[@bearsist]

Mavic 2 Zoom best drone ever for its size it's my number one drone even over my Phantom 4 Pro Plus and I'm only saying that because the size difference it's so much easier to Cary the mavic 2 then the Phantom 4

[@markogradiscaj7031]

@@bearsist I totally agree with you.I have the Zoom and it's the best drone ever.

[@bzfpv5311]

Absolutely beautiful footage Dustin :)

[@billsomrak]

As my one friend used to tell me when I "lucked out" : "You live with the gods!" Glad you got it back safe. Perhaps try 5.8ghz next time .. less interference (but not as strong RC signal). I tried those supposed "range booster" reflectors on my Spark, and they were terrible .. started getting choppy wi-fi at 100m. Took them off and didn't have any more problems. Most of those cheap "range extenders" are not optimized to either 2.4 or 5.8 ghz, and they are NOT "parabolic" .. simply curved. In order to really punch out a signal, the reflector has to be parabolic and tuned to the transmit frequency (ham radio experience here). We'll watch for your next attempt. On your way back, I kept hearing Captain Kirk yelling to Scotty: "Scotty, I need MORE POWER! " "I'm givin' ya all I can, Captain!" .. ha ha. Cheers!

[@Georgewrigley]

Great range test Dustin. Had me worried then pal - thought oh no it's a gonna!!! Look forward to your next test :)

[@jcgoobee]

Hi Justin, two of my friends who bought the Mavic air and both said the range was much shorter than Mavic Pro, which I have brought to Maui to test it out this week. Aloha.

[@DustinDunnill]

+jcgoobee Yes, it uses a different transmission technology. Occusync vs wifi Occusync is better on Mavic pro

[@tonyk7899]

Wow! That was close!! Good job. Not crazy about the faulty battery level indication.

[@DustinDunnill]

+Tony Krause Surrounding interference I suppose.

[@alty68]

Looks like OcuSync wouldn't hardly matter on this drone as sending it out any further would prevent it from making it home. I have now seen a few similar range tests and battery life, not range, is often the limiting factor.

[@L3x4Pr0ne]

Ron Altman agreed on the battery. Shouldn’t need too much more “umph.” Image transmission is a part of it too, though. 1080 downlink with good range, plus added security of a solid connection is a big deal to some.

[@DustinDunnill]

+Ron Altman Perhaps 5.8ghz mode will do better or with the parabolic dishes. We'll see how it does 👍

[@alty68]

Dustin Dunnill I am definitely curious to see!

[@andrewguilfoy7518]

Awesome sunset, nice video!

[@QwansVlogs]

Love the reviews man , GOT MY SUB

[@maxv77]

great video. I was on the edge of my seat thinking it wont make it. Glad it did.

[@MrJdubb104]

Great review Dustin! I love your range test's, been watching them, way back in the Cheerson cx20 days...Thanks for sharing

[@DustinDunnill]

+John Washington right on John 😅👍

[@paulhartley9847]

Wow cutting it fine Dustin! well done for getting it back but hows that battery indication variance aye? thats a trap to watch! thanks again :)

[@poulan9]

Very interesting how it was choppy at 5k but then you managed to get to double that. Once you hit 5k and it was choppy I gave you another 1k but you got much further. How was latency? Also looking forwards to the 5.8k test and one with the parabolics when you get time to post those. Great video and beautiful spot.

[@akie64]

Love your clips and along with Casey Neistats based my decision to get a flame red Mavic Air. I'm so fascinated with this little machine, love it. So far the best range I've achieved is 1.5 kms but plan to push it out further soon. Heading out tomorrow to film our Auckland Harbour bridge, looking forward.

[@csllover]

Good job man

[@s13n1]

That was awesome!

[@pilotguychris7217]

My Spark did the (battery signal loss) same thing and it was three feet away. Most likely inconsistent firmware issue is my guess..

[@iveneverdonethisbefore8390]

That was awesome!

[@moxiedps]

Wow!!! You are an awesome pilot. Cool under pressure. Mavic Air seems to be too much trouble with it's Enhanced WiFi. That was awful you had to go through that with the bad telemetry.

[@jdquad]

What an excellent quad that is and some absolutley cracking views, great video ;-)

[@Junkman2008]

I get a kick out of the way you Brit's talk. "Crackin' views." I have got to use that! Lol!

[@jdquad]

haha! :-)

[@stevecook6136]

Aloha brother Dustin!!

[@DustinDunnill]

🤙

[@adinwalls]

I think if you use the parabolic reflector and start off in sport mode you should get a bit more distance. 😈 also you won’t be fighting RTH the whole time.

[@DougLarsenMN]

Great stuff Dustin as usual. This is why I chose the Mavic Pro. I grabbed a barely used model with 2 batteries and filters for $650. The range is insane, and the Air feels just too limiting. I love the modes, and the size but honestly I can't give up the OcuSync. OcuSync makes me feel confident for those long range flights.

[@DustinDunnill]

+Doug Larsen I still don't get great range with the pro in this spot. Occusync still has it's issues with interference but yes it does do better 👍

[@DougLarsenMN]

Well I pulled the trigger on the Air. What an emotional rollercoaster! I look forward to your long range test. Hopefully its decent and not as much of a compromise. There is much to like about the Pro and Air and its a tough decision!

[@camrowdrone6497]

That was close, I would look for a nice safe place too land, nobody around, then find it later

[@mr02gixxer1000]

You a Firmware update sir. I wouldn’t have flown it that far without doing this firmware update. Because DJI is still trying to workout the some of the bugs with this drone.

[@thetute59]

New firmware can sometimes fuck up stuff. Id rahter do a range test on a "trusted" firmware than a new one

[@darealgreglopez]

Brah that's NUTS!!!!

[@Jam3s08]

When are you Range Testing the DJI Mavic Mini 2

[@rurocking]

Scary flight.

[@rcandy9815]

Hi Dustin....Great video as always the footage was pretty of the sunset, I wouldn't of taken my mi drone out if it had an update, I would of updated it first... I don't know DJI products that well because I haven't got one, but I will say you got some balls taking it out that far lol...Im' glad that you didn't lose it either...great video as always tho keep up the good work and have a nice day. :-)

[@DustinDunnill]

+RC Andy It flew fine during my first flight test and the update said it was mainly going to update no fly zones so I skipped it.

[@lmccluer]

I think you need to get a T-shirt that says....... “Gosh, I hope it makes it home!” It seems to be your favorite words.

[@DustinDunnill]

Great idea. Can you send me one and I'll wear it just for you. 😅✌️

[@lmccluer]

I might just do that!!! Better yet, I’ll hand deliver it! Just giving you crap Dustin, but you say it quite often on the range checks!

[@DustinDunnill]

I know.. just playing along 😀

[@pvitale]

That was way to close. One of my first flights with my mavic pro I had to crash land because of the wind which I did not know played such a big part. This gave me flashbacks! LOL

[@Daleuptoncarpentry]

Great test video what app do you use to record your phone screen ?

[@frkodes]

Fuck man! This time I just got really anxious about the return, you made it 😱

[@ОптимусПрайм-е6ы]

from 14:52 time the colors of clouds in sky are different betwen cache phone memorry and sd card into mavic air. It's almost desaturated! I have to mavic air and have same issue with colors.

[@twin9408]

Flying around neighborhoods tends to have a lot of interference in 2.4Ghz. Before flights with the Air I set the channel mode to custom and choose a higher end channel that's not used. Helps connection stability massively at long range.

[@nickcooper7133]

Great review as always Dustin. Clearly DJI still have bugs to sort out in this bird. Your Bat% stayed at 79% from 4:39 to 12:52, at which point it then tells you it's at 37%!!! No wonder you had such a close call getting it back. You could say it was wifi interference but all the other telemetry was updating correctly so to me at least, they have bugs to iron out (Maybe that was addressed in the firmware update it called for at the beginning of the flight). Either way it's a REAL BAD bug to have on your battery reporting stats. I can see that bug catching a lot of less experienced pilots out resulting in drone loss. Well handled in the heat of the moment, could tell you were getting a little concerned though lol. Keep 'em coming, good job!

[@ipodman505]

I like how he starting coming back and he was like "wow it's still at 79%"

[@dronehome7605]

Love some of the features on this drone but I am a spark owner and just looking at the specs. The transmitter on the air has 3-4dbm more then the spark and on the rc it has 1-2 more dbm. So I just can’t justify getting it. I mean I get around 2 miles sometimes more sometimes less with the spark so I’d be spending 800$ for 3 minutes of flight time. Just can’t do it. But it’s an amazing drone and I think dji aced it as they always do. I will say if you have the spark and want an upgrade. Get mavic pro or pro 2. It’s a more powerful bigger unit. But the spark is just fun and reliable. Great reviews as always Dustin.

[@thedroneguy3674]

Drone Home 2 miles on the spark ??? Lol

[@bilobatv]

Thank you! A good job !

[@Jtwizzle]

While that was very close, it could have potentially kept going well past 0% for a little while. Not good on the battery cells but still.

[@clevingerscottie]

you use a lot more power from the drone in a hover position than you would flying i round i believe because if im flying around i get more time out of the battery than just hovering plus when im going long distances i use sport mode like you did to get it back.But very close call man lol you were very close to crashing but great video. i have spark and mavic pro but wanting the mavic air for the better sensors

[@kupua]

Wow supa lucky... don’t know what firmware ur on but mine doesn’t have that battery delta. Mahalo for posting

[@RuchiraPrashan]

Great job

[@mrbracht]

Wow..... That was a close one! Good thing it made it back to ya. As always, good video. ☺

[@cjamproductions8491]

I think that firmware update may affect the battery readout and other functions.

[@BIGDRONEFLYER77RC]

Hey Dustin hi brother,Awesome test range brother. sorry this is not a mavic air question. If you don't mind I have a question about the spark if you dont mind? My question is , what is the best app to use for my android phone since I do not have IOS ? Kelly from ready set drone is sending me one of his with the fly more combo. So never had a Dji so there system is all new to me. I heard Dji is more set up for iOS systems and not so much for Android. If you have time and ideas would be high appreciated, Thanks so much ~Donnie~

[@BIGDRONEFLYER77RC]

Oh I more thing, good Lord brother on getting the air back. Wow thumbs up that was way to close on getting back to ya. Thanks my nerves are shot now, So lucky👏😂🍻

[@jokerman213]

DJI has a android version of there DJI GO 4 app.

[@JohnG-cw6zm]

Nice review - you just got another subscriber!

[@jarthe3]

Next time this happens on the Air or any DJI drone in general just look at the flight time remaining. Even when the% was stuck for mins at a time the ETA flight time still keeps track.

[@DustinDunnill]

+jarthe3 Great tip 👍

[@jarthe3]

Dustin Dunnill Thanks and keep up the great vids and Happy Flying!!

[@MrPolymers]

Damn Dustin. You are gutzy. I'd not even want to attempt that with my Mavic. I still have yet to fly my Mavic outdoors. Need to get to my RC club. Good Luck and don't crash down on a house. ;) You don't want the FAA on your doorstep for sure...

[@Honeypot-x9s]

MrPolymers ????? You don’t need to fly at an RC club. Do more research buddy

[@Honeypot-x9s]

LOL and you think cursing people out and insulting others will fix the issue you think exists.. because it seems hella unwelcoming and actually will only do the exact opposite of what you wish. also nothing wrong with flying over other people's private land, they dont own the airspace above them, that's just how the FAA is with it, considered a public highway. im also registered with the FAA and am certified. and what safty concerns would you have? most high end drones such as ones DJI creates have tons and tons of built in fail safes, they can self recover if they get struck in the sky, even self level if one of the props gets chopped up and stay in the air, change channels and frequencies if getting too much interference, know exactly how much power their battery has and exact positioning on the planet and they can sense the wind in any direction and adjust the thresholds and runtime estimates.. also thats cute, 2M liability insurance.. i personally have 10 million dollar liability insurance, i never had even one event where i needed to worry about my drones, even flying over other people's property and shit, the fail safes work as promised when connections are broken or the battery has an issue, and i'm a fairly experienced drone pilot.

[@paramandans]

The return speed looks like maybe going against the wind on RTH

[@kickrocks1016]

That made for a GREAT video! 3% left is WOW CLOSE!

[@adinwalls]

Man you risked it there! But that’s why we keep coming back. Drone nerd excitement 🤓

[@DustinDunnill]

👍😅

[@MikeSarni]

And if u were holding right stick forward and it was only doing that 14 or 15 mph you wouldn't have made it back.. how much wind was there because I went out to over 11,000 feet and came back with 40% on my KZbin channel you could check out that video also I have a buddy that went out 13,000 feet and made it back with 15%

[@DustinDunnill]

+Mike Sarni The wind can really fluctuate here higher up. It was only 1 to 2 mph where I was standing

[@dheller777]

I am a little leery of the "enhanced Wi-Fi this bird uses. I fly a lot of park areas where there is all kind of Wi-Fi interference. I have a P3A and it does not seem to bother it much but I can't bring myself to put full trust in a unit that runs on Wi-Fi in the areas I fly in. I am looking forward to your test with the antenna boosters. Also do you think there was a glitch in the software causing the faulty battery reading? That could be as dangerous as the bad Wi-Fi connection. Thanks for sharing and fly safe.

[@DustinDunnill]

+dheller777 I'm thinking it was evening and everyone is using WiFi more at home didn't seem to have any glitching in my short range test in first flight test. Perhaps there is a specific data stream specific to the battery voltage that was getting interference. I'll try again in 5.8 and or with the dish extenders

[@myfpv6813]

You said let it RTH in spotty areas, but won't it just auto-land on current location ignoring distance to homepoint when he's on RTH mode and hit 15%battery?

[@DustinDunnill]

Good point. Let it auto RTH for most efficient flight back but still monitor it and be ready to take over 👍

[@myfpv6813]

thx for answer - did You try ask DJI what caused those telemetry (batt level) problems? It's most worring TBH, You can get video, but not a simple few bytes information of power lvl :/ and waiting for 5.8 tests :D cheers

[@DroneManMurphy]

Dustin, flying my Spark today I had a situation with bad signal loss when it was nearly right over my head. I finally realized that the sun was almost in line with my controller and the drone similar to how you were heading towards the sunset. Then I remembered that there is a problem satellite dishes encounter called “thermal noise” where the intense waves etc. from the sun will interfere with the signal when a satellite comes between the dish and the sun. I believe that’s what was messing me up today and I wonder if that’s what you encountered with your signal loss too?

[@DustinDunnill]

That does seem logical and possible. If it keeps occurring in the same conditions you may be right 👍

[@genepothier8398]

Great videos Dustin .. TY .. I have a simple question .. which phone(s) or Apple product do you find works best with the Mavic Air or Pro? TY One observation .. have you tried adjusting your channel manually instead of using auto?

[@DustinDunnill]

I only have an iPad air 2 and it works quite flawlessly. You may know my personal phone is Android. Android has gotten much better since my first tests with Mavic Pro 1 but is never as stable as apple likely due to Android fragmentation (so many devices). I sometimes look at the wifi graph but it seems to always auto choose the channel with least interference. Of coarse that could change quickly for the craft once it's out a few hundred feet.

[@walkingmanvideo9455]

I bet your heart rate was maxed out.........LOL, I have been in that situation, but I was coming back from over the ocean LOL.

[@Brundleslife]

Should have done the firmware update FIRST

[@paulinodrones6780]

Hi,next video test defletor,thanks!

[@N9IWJ]

also use the otg cable for better signal

[@DustinDunnill]

+Robert Taylor Otg for the Mavic Air? Not sure why you'd need it since the phone is already plugged in via controller normally.

[@MichaelKincaiddontroughit]

I know the feeling!

[@DustinDunnill]

Glad you were able to ditch yours and recover it 👍

[@ChrisArul]

Same feeling ☺️

[@dronereviewman9580]

Very cool post!!;! I like watching others fly drones far!!! Mine never come back lol just kidding i have lost 2 drones to pure stupidity lol great channel!!

[@AboxofMonsters]

Can’t beat a Mavic that’s scary I would not attempt any where near that again it may get lost ! Still just incredible a video can be broadcasted this far. When you do precision landing option don’t you have to take off With gimbal down so it can photo burst the take off of the ground ? for that option ??

[@DustinDunnill]

It's using the small cameras on bottom to take the images it needs for precision landing I believe.

[@Zoro449]

Please tell me is it true that DJ MAVIC AIR transmitter is weaker than the DJI MAVIC PRO ?? And DJ MAVIC PRO much more distance than DJI MAVIC AIR ?

[@didactylos4diddy474]

A little too close for comfort. Would switching off the 4K recording have reduced the battery drain and given you a little more margin?

[@DustinDunnill]

Most likely 👍

[@YuoTubeTobi]

didactylos4 diddy4 it definitely would have! 4K recording is sucking on the battery a lot

[@Megalixer84]

correct me if im wrong, but i think you were only recording in 1080/60. atleast thats what it said in the top right of your phone.

[@DustinDunnill]

Wow, yes. Looks like you are correct! My SD card was too slow so it defaulted to 1080/60 according to the screen. I'll have to change the title 👍. I have some extreme 4k SD cards on the way. Thanks for noticing that.

[@didactylos4diddy474]

Yep. I should have noticed that and 1080p does reduce the power drain but even so cutting the recording should have given a few more % of battery life. Wouldn't have been as pretty though

[@RichM1967]

WOW that was amazing. Still I don't know why you'd need to fly further than 1/2 mile. If I want to film something farther than that, take off closer.

[@DustinDunnill]

Good point. Just testing capabilities 👍

[@GregMurphyCanFixIt]

So...what was your first warning? "Update Required", I think.

[@Raptor50aus]

great review Dustin and what I was expecting with the Mavic Air's wifi range. the video is not smooth after 2000 feet which for me is a fail. the Mavic pro is far better for range and flight time. You mavic air batteries wont last very long either flying them that low I want to be able to fly that far out and further and not put up with the choppy laggy video of wifi

[@neooneeightytwo]

Was eyeballin' the battery all along. That was not good. Wonder if that's a software bug? Nonetheless the battery should've been updated a long time ago. Yikes!

[@theaylesburycyclist8756]

I've got no finger nails left...!!😲😵

[@kjhendricks55]

Sweet views, but a little to close for comfort for me.

[@TheDroneVoyager]

Whoa!!!

[@dustindavis7603]

Good test, thank you for that! Excited to see how the range boosters do. People can talk negative about range test but I just want to get firm ideal what it can and cannot do and in different locations. Thanks again for the video.

[@DustinDunnill]

👍

[@AimanNaaj]

Dustin, thanks for sharing, i would like to ask you to try the parabolic for the antennas how did they work on 2.4 and 5.8 i do have the mavic and one time i hit 700mt otherwise signal lost in about 300 even with my Spark i hit 1000 meter i mean 700mt was a breeze with the mavic no way . thanks if they work i get them ,,,,,looool

[@wildcanuc]

Second video I've seen with the air cutting it short with power.. The other video I seen the guy had to land across a lake and had to retrieve it.. I think dji is trying to squeeze to much out of the battery and leaving ppl short coming back when fighting wind... Same thing with the other guy he turned off RTH thinking it would be better.. But wasn't! Maybe dji can do something about it that it comes back sooner without the option of disabling the RTH

[@darringallant]

Close one Dustin! When I heard you say @10:54 "I can't believe the drone is still at 79%." a chill ran down my spine...About a week ago I had my battery indicator stick at 73% on my Spark. Craft et al was fully updated with the latest firmwares and I had no disconnect events beforehand. Definitely something to always keep an eye on while flying.

[@abdikay5889]

Am thinking of buying one sometime next week. How do you get the camera to move whilst flying?

[@DustinDunnill]

Left trigger roller

[@maupuravida7412]

Hello Dustin, love your reviews. Can you add on your future reviews battery life in GPS mode and SPORT mode? Thanks.

[@janegilnesse6534]

Hvorfor er det ingen som testflyr drone når det ikke er så flatt som en golf bane? Når pilot er over og dronen flyr på ned og hvordan det går.

[@robertburns8218]

Scary. I thought you lost your drone dude lol

[@beesleyboy]

Great flight bud, edge of my seat stuff flying back, glad you wasn't standing on a beach and going over the sea, You would of needed your boy to paddle out on his bored and catch it. lol

[@tubularsensation]

Damn, that was edge of your seat action! That is a good example of not panicing a making a skillful decision. Not so sure you would have made it back in RTH. Also, DJI needs a lock position for full pitch forward.

[@ellocodelbitcoin1899]

I did suffer watching this awesome video. Glad it made it home !! excellent videos and so cool comments

[@RICKHALBUR]

Thanks Dustin that was close but she made it back great sunset Always love the Hawaiian sunset's

[@bj5563]

FYI- the latest update from DJI helps to fix 2.4ghz image transmission. You should have updated before taking off... maybe would have had a better outcome. Take a look at this link for full list of changes: forum.dji.com/thread-134268-1-1.html Anyway, thanks for the vids!

[@DustinDunnill]

Son of a gun 😅. How ironic. I'll have to do it again with update installed 👍

[@bj5563]

nice vids with a beautiful setting! I own the Pro, Spark and Air but it's just too cold in Toronto Canada at the moment... you're a lucky dude! haha

[@LuMaxQFPV]

Nail biter! Do any currently available drones have an ability to calculate optimum RTH success when low battery and unexpected winds are at issue? Sort of an autonomous fine tuning of tilt and speed vs. achievable distance at given headwind?

[@DustinDunnill]

+Lu Johnson Good question. If anyone could I'm sure it would be DJI 👍

[@AirAmerica]

I am waiting until Litchi waypoint missions work. Great sunset! Great recovery bringing home...

[@admiralbelta9799]

got some courage. in one flight you ignored all the safety warning messages about 20 times.

[@blaisemccaffrey5952]

Wonderful video Dustin!! This would be perfect on this drone site I was referred to called AirVuz as well. I’ve already had tons of comments and views on there! Seems like a great community!

[@mikeholt7881]

Good advert for the Mavic Pro! Awesome footage Dustin, btw..... :)

[@MCsCreations]

Really awesome, man! Beautiful place (again)!

[@rSo_DIY]

oh, hello there ! :)

[@MCsCreations]

rSo Hey! :) Do you like drones/quadcopters too? :D

[@rSo_DIY]

yeah, planning on getting a DJI drone "soon". The Air is tempting, but I'm gonna wait to see the specs and price of the Mavic Pro 2 before taking my decision. I'm pretty sure it's gonna be really expensive :/

[@MCsCreations]

rSo Hmm... I see... But do you already have any quad? If no... I would start small if I where you. Maybe with a brushed micro, you know? They are cheaper and don't break easy. The perfect platform to start. ;)

[@rSo_DIY]

I had a racer but not enough time to practice well. I also have a cheap micro drone from aliexpress, fun toy :) I want the real deal now ;)

[@CloudDayLight]

The thing that's holding me back is that I use older iphones or Android and when the app crashes on the pro you have your vital signs hight and stuff so on the magic I just take it up 209 ft and figure out from their

[@gdhall5311]

Very good video Dustin, I really like the sunset but you have shown us that just because it has some extra features, it to me is not as good as the mavic pro. DJI still has some issues to work out with the mavic air.

[@indybowtie550]

Holy Crap!!! You have Kahonis of steel!! I would have crapped my pants..Ha ha..

[@RonaldBrown59]

Very entertaining video. What a beautiful sunset in stunning 4k video quality. And very exciting ending, landing on only 3% battery life after going out almost a mile and a half. This calls for more testing but I think you did better on your Spark range test. The wifi signal on the Air isn't nearly as good as the occu sync system on the Mavic Pro. The Air only looks safe out to about 2500 feet. Thanks for taking a such a risk, after the second time it asked to do a RTH I would have given up and let it come home.

[@DustinDunnill]

Everyone seems to be forgetting I'm flying in high interference residential area in this test. The spark was in the boonies away from interference. I'll be doing the same for the air 👍. Also the update is apparently supposed to fix some issues I was having. Will test again.

[@RonaldBrown59]

Thanks for the correction. I hope you have better luck in the boonies, especially with the new update.

[@DustinDunnill]

Correct. I did not have a fast enough card in so it defaulted to the lower res. I didn't see that on my small phone screen and produced the whole video in 4K not knowing it was 1080 60. Looks good though

[@RonaldBrown59]

KZbin let me select 1440p as a viewing option.

[@DustinDunnill]

The video was produced to 4K so it's upscaled.

[@rustler08]

So, I'm guessing you're going to ignore the 3 mile flight idea, huh?

[@DustinDunnill]

Lol..that would definitely be a bad idea with this one 👍. I think I'll try it with the Mavic Pro though. What do you think?

[@jeremyc.6900]

I’m glad I ordered the Spark. I was torn between the two, but for a first time hobby drone owner the 4K video really means nothing. For the money and what I want it for, the Spark is the only way to go for me. Thanks for the videos, Mr. Dunnil.

[@Safemoonprince]

I watched the other video where you get 15,000 feet. Is it the same drone? I read you updated everything, but did you return the drone for a new one? Because I’m getting the same problems losing signal at about 3000 feet. And I have all the updates. I hope you can reply back

[@DustinDunnill]

Same drone, just after updating. Maybe the evening was a better time also.