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<blockquote data-quote="Feastie" data-source="post: 52967" data-attributes="member: 10218"><p>Hi All,</p><p></p><p>just had a pretty scary episode with my Spark.</p><p></p><p>With 69 flights, 68K ft distance and over 6hrs flying under my belt, I'm no veteran but not a novice either.</p><p></p><p>I had flown around 2,000ft out at around 200ft altitude and was almost back to the home point with around 30% battery left. Weather clear with a light blustery wind that had shown three cautions.</p><p></p><p>I was in full decent and had just passed the 100ft barrier when the Spark flipped upside and dropped like a stone.</p><p></p><p>The video footage cut out and find my drone was not working. Luckily, I saw roughly where the drone dropped and heard that it had hit trees on the way down. I was praying this had slowed the decent but not inflicted damage.</p><p></p><p>After checking the last shot from my phone footage to try and get a bearing, I managed to get the rough landing site and fortunately spotted the flashing lights in some rough grass.</p><p></p><p>The drone appears undamaged and flies, seemingly normally.</p><p></p><p>I am now fearful this will happen again when I am not close enough to see where it dropped and potentially cause damage to either itself or somebody's property.</p><p></p><p>If this makes any difference, there were helicopter style skids attached, which have had no affect on previous flights. These appear to be the only loss.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas, anyone?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feastie, post: 52967, member: 10218"] Hi All, just had a pretty scary episode with my Spark. With 69 flights, 68K ft distance and over 6hrs flying under my belt, I'm no veteran but not a novice either. I had flown around 2,000ft out at around 200ft altitude and was almost back to the home point with around 30% battery left. Weather clear with a light blustery wind that had shown three cautions. I was in full decent and had just passed the 100ft barrier when the Spark flipped upside and dropped like a stone. The video footage cut out and find my drone was not working. Luckily, I saw roughly where the drone dropped and heard that it had hit trees on the way down. I was praying this had slowed the decent but not inflicted damage. After checking the last shot from my phone footage to try and get a bearing, I managed to get the rough landing site and fortunately spotted the flashing lights in some rough grass. The drone appears undamaged and flies, seemingly normally. I am now fearful this will happen again when I am not close enough to see where it dropped and potentially cause damage to either itself or somebody's property. If this makes any difference, there were helicopter style skids attached, which have had no affect on previous flights. These appear to be the only loss. Any ideas, anyone? [/QUOTE]
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