Spark — the tiny and affordable drone from DJI (10 photos + video)

Growing miniaturization of electronic devices could not relate to such sectors as production of unmanned aerial vehicles. Company DJI (China), a leader in the field, continued to produce drones, proposing its new, smallest quadcopter Spark, easy to operate and low cost.

This model is a logical continuation of a series of aircraft from DJI, launched in September 2016 with a small drone Mavic Pro. The dimensions of the Spark (spark) is less than the previous model, and account for 143×143×55 mm (folded), weight of the drone is about 300 grams. Airspeed Spark can reach up to 50 km/h and Autonomous flight will last approximately 16 minutes. Embedded in the drone’s sensors will not allow him to collide with other objects. Upon loss of signal the UAV will return to the starting point. Charging is via micro-USB.

By analogy with the Mavic has a smart mode that allows you to monitor a specific object or flight in a given direction with touch operation with your smartphone. A new control mode Contro Palm will allow the user to control the drone using gestures. However, the product has a Quick Shot feature that allows you to shoot videos in the original cinematic angles (a flight around the object, etc.), in this film a one-minute clip, before leaving the place, edited with smartphone software DJI Go, allows you to glue the selected 10-second fragments into a single video. Video is in Full HD format at 30 fps, when shooting work 12-MP images JPEG.

On sale DJI Spark will come in 5 colors. In this June 15, consumers will be able to buy the drone with minimal equipment (no remote, protection of propellers) for $499, and a more complete version with remote control, spare battery, second set of screws and the protection of propellers would cost $700.

Source: DJI