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<blockquote data-quote="Virtual1" data-source="post: 20199" data-attributes="member: 4084"><p>Yes I have no real problems flying without GPS, this is my first quad to HAVE gps. I'm still trying to get completely comfortable flying in other than "tail-in" mode as it's referred to with helicopters. With helis we call it "nose-in" when it's facing you and the sticks are 180 degrees off. It's a bit more dangerous with a flying lawn mower like that if you get nervous its drifting too close to you and you jam the stick forward thinking its going to back off and instead it "comes to try to take your head off". </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I have very little concern as to my *skill* in controlling it, *so long as I am in control*, and that's what worries me is an unrecoverable LOSS of control. These videos and reports I watched and read were cases where something happened that wasn't anticipated by the user, and the Spark reacted by going into some automatic mode that stole control from the user and began taking actions that were going to crash it. It looks like if your Spark is in OTI mode (or something causes it to suddenly *go* into OTI mode by itself) and it's above water, you have a serious risk because if it fails to detect its elevation (a common issue if you are above water) then it may try to lower itself to a safe height, all while ignoring your sticks. (or is there a way to take back control?) And so being above water if this happens means your Spark may be going for a swim. I want to know how to avoid this problem, or what I can do to salvage the situation should I find myself in it.</p><p></p><p>There are other times it may do something like this also... lets say I have hit RTH and see that I neglected to set the altitude and it's headed for a tree. Can I take control back so I can just land it where it is before it gets to the tree? Will that also work if I am in RTH due to a battery failsafe?</p><p></p><p>I'm taking the videos and reports with a grain of salt, but I'm also not going to dismiss them. I just want to know I can grab back control of my Spark if it has gone rogue on me and is going to do something dangerous to others or itself.</p><p></p><p>While I'd like to be able to fly over water, I can just avoid it for now until I have an answer about how to deal with the OTI monster lurking under the hood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Virtual1, post: 20199, member: 4084"] Yes I have no real problems flying without GPS, this is my first quad to HAVE gps. I'm still trying to get completely comfortable flying in other than "tail-in" mode as it's referred to with helicopters. With helis we call it "nose-in" when it's facing you and the sticks are 180 degrees off. It's a bit more dangerous with a flying lawn mower like that if you get nervous its drifting too close to you and you jam the stick forward thinking its going to back off and instead it "comes to try to take your head off". Anyway, I have very little concern as to my *skill* in controlling it, *so long as I am in control*, and that's what worries me is an unrecoverable LOSS of control. These videos and reports I watched and read were cases where something happened that wasn't anticipated by the user, and the Spark reacted by going into some automatic mode that stole control from the user and began taking actions that were going to crash it. It looks like if your Spark is in OTI mode (or something causes it to suddenly *go* into OTI mode by itself) and it's above water, you have a serious risk because if it fails to detect its elevation (a common issue if you are above water) then it may try to lower itself to a safe height, all while ignoring your sticks. (or is there a way to take back control?) And so being above water if this happens means your Spark may be going for a swim. I want to know how to avoid this problem, or what I can do to salvage the situation should I find myself in it. There are other times it may do something like this also... lets say I have hit RTH and see that I neglected to set the altitude and it's headed for a tree. Can I take control back so I can just land it where it is before it gets to the tree? Will that also work if I am in RTH due to a battery failsafe? I'm taking the videos and reports with a grain of salt, but I'm also not going to dismiss them. I just want to know I can grab back control of my Spark if it has gone rogue on me and is going to do something dangerous to others or itself. While I'd like to be able to fly over water, I can just avoid it for now until I have an answer about how to deal with the OTI monster lurking under the hood. [/QUOTE]
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