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Recent content by RJB1

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    Soon to be booted from DJI forum

    Thanks, good procedure I'd say. And from looking on Youtube there is a number of videos of total strip down to core board, so shouldn't be too hard. I've done most of those resets before and the the drone often flies right for a few flights then messes up again, so its difficult to say if the...
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    Soon to be booted from DJI forum

    No the guy I bought it from told me it was just out of warranty and the build date is coming back as jan 2018. He used it very little as he has a phantom which is why he was selling it. DJI has "escalated" my case, is what they are saying on the DJI forum, and I've had an email but again all...
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    Soon to be booted from DJI forum

    Yes Brisbane would be my closest, but that is still 2000km away. Where do I find the serial number checker? Edit: found it.
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    What did I do to deserve this?

    This is my big fear of sending my Spark off to their "service centre" for a intermittent problem similar to yours. I've been having a big blow up with them on their online chat, their forum, on the phone and emails. And all they say is "send it to our service centre" They refuse to tell me who...
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    Spark crashes on takeoff

    Strangely there is another video about the spark hop and he says the fix is to NOT take off with the phone app, but only take off with the controller. I use to take off with the app, because I saw the video and thought that would fix it. I did a whole reset of everything and it did fix it for a...
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    Spark crashes on takeoff

    I feel for ya, this does seem to be the exact problem I've had, and every time I bring it up, I get the same answers from everyone. Try this, try that, try this. It's so frustrating because you can't ever truly replicate the problem. You try one of those things and yes it worked problem solved...
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    Spark crashes on takeoff

    If you are getting the dreaded Spark hop, then it wont even show in the logs. Is this similar to what its doing?
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    Soon to be booted from DJI forum

    Ah yes I still get confused with the wavelength stuff. We do get both 5.8 and 2.4 but its the CE european version that is a much reduced power than the FCC version. I don't think its radio interference as I've flown in areas and had the problem then flown there again and not. Yep I do need to...
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    Soon to be booted from DJI forum

    Hummm nope haven't tried any of those. Although I have flown once of twice with just the phone. The thing is, the problem is intermittent, so I can't always tell that changing this or that solved it or caused it. It has to be a series of tests repeated over time. But from the results I've had it...
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    Soon to be booted from DJI forum

    Nope I'm not doing anything fancy. I have the remote, I fly with wifi from an iphone, not a cable, I'm only using the go4 app. I've eliminated a few things, by trial and error. Such as having the hop issue and changing batteries and it still did it. having the hop issue giving up on flying...
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    DJI Spark Fell Out of the Sky!

    I'm not sure what you trying to say. Yes something is wrong, that's why i posted the video, and yes the motors start surging or as you say "wow wow wow" but still dropping. Other times it did this I had the stick pushed up and no response at all. This time I just had all fingers off the controls...
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    Soon to be booted from DJI forum

    Haha yes we aren't completely backward here. there are drone shops. We even have Pine Gap where they make components for the US spy drones! :) But I live in the far north in Cairns, a population of 160,000 and the closest big city is 2000km away. No one here in the local shops can work on drones...
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    DJI Spark Fell Out of the Sky!

    When you say it dropped out of the sky, did the motors stop, or where they running but erratically? It sounds like a similar issue my Spark has. New here so not sure if I'll post this video correctly. Listen after the 180 turn as it drops and you can hear the motors running and surging. The...
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    Soon to be booted from DJI forum

    Thanks
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    Soon to be booted from DJI forum

    I started reading that and for a second I thought you must work for DJI! haha If you know that forum, there have been lots of others who are treated like that by them. A 12 month warranty is the minimum they can give by law, and the minimum is all that want to do, then you are dead to them...