Recent content by gisdowntime

My Spark was returned to me safely! A local group was doing a river cleanup and spotted the aircraft about 10’ from the banks safely perched in tall brush just outside of my search radius. I can’t believe how fortunate I am! The aircraft had successfully completed an emergency landing that...

Good, follow-up questions. The drone was not there when I checked since it's been many days, unfortunately. But, because I knew where it landed I went and spoke with the Park and Recs Department to see if they had it or would notify me if it was turned in. After posting that link I went into the...

Hey thanks for this advice on the flight log! I wish I had known about this tool on the day it happened. If I get extremely lucky It will still be there tomorrow! Oddly the map has my starting point wrong. It's missing the entire beginning of my flight where I did the mapping mission. DJI Flight...

HI, guys chiming in here as I experienced my 1st flyaway last week with a Spark. I certainly am not immune to pilot error as we can all make mistakes. On that note, I'd like to learn from my mishap so I can avoid this again if possible. Here's my story...I was flying a 3D mapping mission using a...