Welp, my spark led a relatively long, fruitful life of 4.5 years before it went rogue and flew away from me.
Here's the scenario.
Was flying for a few minutes 100' in the air at a location I've flown hundreds of times. Battery was at 75%.
Spark suddenly goes in ATTI mode and starts jetting as in Sport Mode towards the north. BTW, I never fly in Sport Mode, so this spooked me. I lose sight as it goes over a small building. Luckily, someone points out it landed on a roof. The camera is still working as I can see the asphalt roof tiles on the GO4 app. When I retrieved it from the rooftop the following morning, I find no damage to the exterior. It looks like it landed softly on the roof as if it was RTH. BTW, I never RTH...always land manually. Also, before I launch, I always set the RTH every single time in case something crazy like this happens. Well that was a big fail!
Took it to my local drone shop for root cause / repair estimate. They couldn't explain what happened since it was sent directly to DJI for repair estimate. Repair Estimate involves replacement of the R Spark Core Board, nothing else.
I can live with the 4.5 year life cycle, but more curious why this incident happened.
Here's the scenario.
Was flying for a few minutes 100' in the air at a location I've flown hundreds of times. Battery was at 75%.
Spark suddenly goes in ATTI mode and starts jetting as in Sport Mode towards the north. BTW, I never fly in Sport Mode, so this spooked me. I lose sight as it goes over a small building. Luckily, someone points out it landed on a roof. The camera is still working as I can see the asphalt roof tiles on the GO4 app. When I retrieved it from the rooftop the following morning, I find no damage to the exterior. It looks like it landed softly on the roof as if it was RTH. BTW, I never RTH...always land manually. Also, before I launch, I always set the RTH every single time in case something crazy like this happens. Well that was a big fail!
Took it to my local drone shop for root cause / repair estimate. They couldn't explain what happened since it was sent directly to DJI for repair estimate. Repair Estimate involves replacement of the R Spark Core Board, nothing else.
I can live with the 4.5 year life cycle, but more curious why this incident happened.