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<blockquote data-quote="Micah Smith" data-source="post: 8080" data-attributes="member: 1525"><p>We had some dense fog today, and I took the Spark up around 200ft. At this point, I was completely in the clouds/fog. I went on up to about 425ft to see if I could come out of the clouds. I started to descend and the drone thought the clouds were the ground, so my altitude reading said between 0.7-1ft. Needless to say the drone thought it was “landing” on the clouds, thus descending at a super slow rate, 0.6mph to be exact. My battery eventually died completely before i got out of the clouds, so somewhere between 200 & 425ft. I watched the drone crash to the ground in my neighbors backyard. I called them and they said I could look in their backyard. I found it, nose buried into the ground. I picked it up, stuck another battery in it, and surprisingly it took off! Everything worked perfectly! Then I noticed the gimbal was having trouble. The rotation axis was working, but the up/down axis was stuck. My motor was completely burned out. Called DJI, used my Care Refresh, and a new unit is on its way. Do y’all have any suggestions on what I should do next time, besides not flying into a cloud lol?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Micah Smith, post: 8080, member: 1525"] We had some dense fog today, and I took the Spark up around 200ft. At this point, I was completely in the clouds/fog. I went on up to about 425ft to see if I could come out of the clouds. I started to descend and the drone thought the clouds were the ground, so my altitude reading said between 0.7-1ft. Needless to say the drone thought it was “landing” on the clouds, thus descending at a super slow rate, 0.6mph to be exact. My battery eventually died completely before i got out of the clouds, so somewhere between 200 & 425ft. I watched the drone crash to the ground in my neighbors backyard. I called them and they said I could look in their backyard. I found it, nose buried into the ground. I picked it up, stuck another battery in it, and surprisingly it took off! Everything worked perfectly! Then I noticed the gimbal was having trouble. The rotation axis was working, but the up/down axis was stuck. My motor was completely burned out. Called DJI, used my Care Refresh, and a new unit is on its way. Do y’all have any suggestions on what I should do next time, besides not flying into a cloud lol? [/QUOTE]
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