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<blockquote data-quote="Chrislaf" data-source="post: 33592" data-attributes="member: 3317"><p>Since getting my Spark for Xmas all of my flights so far (22) have been in temps well below 0ºC. The average temp so far has been around -9ºC. Aside from the gimbal, I have had no problems. I think all of the problems I am having with my gimbal are due to the cold weather and flying outside of the recommended temperatures for the Spark. The range of pitch movement is affected - usually it won't pitch down to the lowest point (gets stuck somewhere in between) or there is a kind of jerky movement to the gimbal pitch. What I have found is that when I am hovering my Spark to warm it up, I turn it so I can watch the gimbal. I then pitch it all the way down and all the way up a few times. Usually it doesn't pitch all the way down at first but after a few tries it goes all the way down. I think that the cable that pitches the gimbal gets stiff in the cold and causes it to stick or not move as freely. When I have my Spark in the house (not flying) the gimbal pitches freely all the time. If I still have this problem in the spring when the warmer weather comes then I will know I have a hardware issue but at this time I think it is the cold weather.</p><p></p><p>One problem I haven't been able to figure out is that none of the pano modes in GO4 work. I get a linking cancelled due to timeout error. In Litchi, I have not had any problems with the pano mode and everything works as usual. Again, I am thinking my problem is related to cold weather flying, but if someone has any other ideas as to why the pano modes timeout in GO please chime in. Photos and videos seem to work fine.</p><p></p><p>Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chrislaf, post: 33592, member: 3317"] Since getting my Spark for Xmas all of my flights so far (22) have been in temps well below 0ºC. The average temp so far has been around -9ºC. Aside from the gimbal, I have had no problems. I think all of the problems I am having with my gimbal are due to the cold weather and flying outside of the recommended temperatures for the Spark. The range of pitch movement is affected - usually it won't pitch down to the lowest point (gets stuck somewhere in between) or there is a kind of jerky movement to the gimbal pitch. What I have found is that when I am hovering my Spark to warm it up, I turn it so I can watch the gimbal. I then pitch it all the way down and all the way up a few times. Usually it doesn't pitch all the way down at first but after a few tries it goes all the way down. I think that the cable that pitches the gimbal gets stiff in the cold and causes it to stick or not move as freely. When I have my Spark in the house (not flying) the gimbal pitches freely all the time. If I still have this problem in the spring when the warmer weather comes then I will know I have a hardware issue but at this time I think it is the cold weather. One problem I haven't been able to figure out is that none of the pano modes in GO4 work. I get a linking cancelled due to timeout error. In Litchi, I have not had any problems with the pano mode and everything works as usual. Again, I am thinking my problem is related to cold weather flying, but if someone has any other ideas as to why the pano modes timeout in GO please chime in. Photos and videos seem to work fine. Chris [/QUOTE]
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