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Received everything back from DJI, including a new battery. It looks like a brand new one with cello covers on the optics. My battery clip will always fly with the Spark from now on. Interestingly, my batteries were both the new style with the larger lugs. I always did the tug test (pretty sure...

Hi All, just over three weeks back, I was flying with the intention of going as high as I dared, prior to the new laws coming in later this month. I took it to 500ft and all was well. I changed to S-Mode, had a little look around to check direction and location, then pushed full right. Off it...

They can’t have been spinning once it turned, the emergency stop kicks in once it’s past 90 degrees. Been in touch with DJI and they said ‘calibrate it and it should be fine’. I said I’d already done that prior to this flight and pointed out that I may not be so lucky next time. He basically...

Anyone fancy throwing their Spark out of a ten story building to find out the adopted attitude without skids... no??? There’s no kindness left in the world!! Was kinda odd how it just balanced. I’m assuming that’s the reverse drag on the props.

This was how it looked prior to the crash.

The props were intact and in position. As I have lost the skids, I will dig out a library photo of the set up. The very brief clip is attached. Up to the point of the video start, nothing unusual happened. I can see no evidence of any birds in the previous 10 minutes of video, although I’m sure...

Sorry, one of the posts came through in Spanish, so I replied in Spanish. English, born and bred, my friend.

That’s nuts - see what I did there ?!?

El viento era bastante liviano, no estoy seguro de que esa fuera la causa. Además, es demasiado alto para cualquier cable y sé que no hay ninguno en esa área. Solo puedo suponer que fue un pájaro.

I know it flipped upside down because, on the phone screen, the sky was at the bottom and the ground at the top.

Trees in this area are 30ft max, so completely clear of any fixed obstruction. I was dropping from 200ft and had actually lost it visually between looking at the screen and back to the drone. It could have been bird strike, but I would have thought that would have caught my eye. Does anyone know...

Hi All, just had a pretty scary episode with my Spark. With 69 flights, 68K ft distance and over 6hrs flying under my belt, I'm no veteran but not a novice either. I had flown around 2,000ft out at around 200ft altitude and was almost back to the home point with around 30% battery left...

I had a similar issue both in RTH and manual. In RTH, I intervened before touch down but the manual occurrence just never slowed after letting go of the stick. I wasn’t close to the deck at that point, it just kept dropping at speed and despite trying full throttle, landed hard, luckily on grass.

Had my Spark for just less than a week and loving it. We've clocked up just over 3 miles over 29 flights with a new top speed, yesterday, of 31.8mph in sport mode. The Beastie really moves!