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Is spark a short lived hobbie?
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<blockquote data-quote="MannyCAM2001" data-source="post: 37358" data-attributes="member: 7007"><p>This would depend on how far you are from the Spark (the home point mind you) 20 meters or more the aircraft will return to home at the altitude you’ve set in the settings. The default being 30 meters roughly 100ft. This setting can easily be overlooked when flying in new surroundings. I set mine to 200 ft. Or 60 meters.</p><p>A distance of 20 meters and less, the aircraft will respond to the setting, if set RETURN AT CURRENT ALTITUDE. If this setting isn’t set and you are less than 20 meters it will not return home but hover there and wait for you.</p><p>The actual RTH WHEN BEYOND 20 meters. Default is 30 meters. If you’re flying close to towers or high buildings and forget to reset to match the surroundings, you may end up with a kamikaze run when you initiate a RTH. This is because of the foward sensors being disabled in RTH. THIS almost happened to me, everything in the area was less than 100ft. Except for this huge water tower. Lost my connection, the aircraft initiated a RTH and it flew just bearly missing the tower. And if you check thr RTH flightpath on your map. It is a perfect B-line straight back. You can trace it with a ruler, thats how sraight it is. I don’t know about you but that technology is mind boggling in a craft this small.</p><p> But with all of that, it still comes down to pilot habits, chk lists, and just plain horse sense.</p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MannyCAM2001, post: 37358, member: 7007"] This would depend on how far you are from the Spark (the home point mind you) 20 meters or more the aircraft will return to home at the altitude you’ve set in the settings. The default being 30 meters roughly 100ft. This setting can easily be overlooked when flying in new surroundings. I set mine to 200 ft. Or 60 meters. A distance of 20 meters and less, the aircraft will respond to the setting, if set RETURN AT CURRENT ALTITUDE. If this setting isn’t set and you are less than 20 meters it will not return home but hover there and wait for you. The actual RTH WHEN BEYOND 20 meters. Default is 30 meters. If you’re flying close to towers or high buildings and forget to reset to match the surroundings, you may end up with a kamikaze run when you initiate a RTH. This is because of the foward sensors being disabled in RTH. THIS almost happened to me, everything in the area was less than 100ft. Except for this huge water tower. Lost my connection, the aircraft initiated a RTH and it flew just bearly missing the tower. And if you check thr RTH flightpath on your map. It is a perfect B-line straight back. You can trace it with a ruler, thats how sraight it is. I don’t know about you but that technology is mind boggling in a craft this small. But with all of that, it still comes down to pilot habits, chk lists, and just plain horse sense. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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