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DJI Spark Fell From The Sky From 400'
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<blockquote data-quote="jbhamel" data-source="post: 87181" data-attributes="member: 16946"><p>Hello All,</p><p></p><p>Yesterday my spark fell from the sky from 400' after the battery died. The problem I was having before I took off was that it was not showing the correct altitude when above 15' and i was testing it in a open field so as not to damage or hurt someone. When i saw that I was having the same problem I hit RTH only to see it rise to 400' and the only control I had was moving the camera. This is the second time it has happened but I regained control last time and brought it home safely. This time I had to watch as it was not moving at all but just hanging in the sky and only allowing me to pan the camera. As a last ditch effort I disconnected the controller in hopes to force it to land. Then I had to listen to the controller tell me over and over again that it had a critically low battery. This lasted until I could not see the drone crash and only had the video before it fell due to no battery. I did upload the data file to my dropbox account and the video before it fell but I am not sure how to let anyone analyze it. I did find the spark and it landed in a pile of hay with no viable damage and only missing the CPL filter. I did reset the spark back to factory setting and refreshed the firmware and it does fly fine for now but i am curious how it locked up on me. Thanks for any help!</p><p></p><p>Jim[ATTACH=full]9582[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbhamel, post: 87181, member: 16946"] Hello All, Yesterday my spark fell from the sky from 400' after the battery died. The problem I was having before I took off was that it was not showing the correct altitude when above 15' and i was testing it in a open field so as not to damage or hurt someone. When i saw that I was having the same problem I hit RTH only to see it rise to 400' and the only control I had was moving the camera. This is the second time it has happened but I regained control last time and brought it home safely. This time I had to watch as it was not moving at all but just hanging in the sky and only allowing me to pan the camera. As a last ditch effort I disconnected the controller in hopes to force it to land. Then I had to listen to the controller tell me over and over again that it had a critically low battery. This lasted until I could not see the drone crash and only had the video before it fell due to no battery. I did upload the data file to my dropbox account and the video before it fell but I am not sure how to let anyone analyze it. I did find the spark and it landed in a pile of hay with no viable damage and only missing the CPL filter. I did reset the spark back to factory setting and refreshed the firmware and it does fly fine for now but i am curious how it locked up on me. Thanks for any help! Jim[ATTACH type="full" alt="9582"]9582[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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