flyaway

The incidence of fly aways and other losses is increasing here on the forums. Not a good feeling. I can't stress enough to MARK YOUR GEAR. Your Spark should have your FAA Registration number on it (somewhere), your phone number, and "Reward if Found". If you experience a fly away, you'll...

Hi, I had a really scary moment with my Spark just before Christmas. I'd just re-calibrated my compass and IMU before flying as I’d upgraded to the latest firmware. About 8 mins into my flight and around 34ft from me I got a high wind velocity warning and then a compass error. Then my Spark...

*DISCLAIMER/INFO THIS MAY BE IN THE WRONG SECTION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF SO! There are quite a few ways of losing a drone, but there are also ways to recover one. Here are a couple of ways or techniques of recovering a lost drone, whether it be a flyaway or a crash. 1. Put a label on your...

Ok... so it happens. The Spark loses GPS and goes into ATTI mode. If we're NOT experienced pilots, and we DO think we're doing everything right... WHAT should we do when this happens? Is there a "go to" fix when you're forced into ATTI? Both times it's happened to me, the Spark starts going a...

Hello everyone, Just wanted to share my recent experience. I took my Spark out for a fly on July 4th (to shoot the sunset, fireworks, etc), and my bird got rogue. Everything was looking perfect, my GPS signal was fine, three days before this I did a firmware update, the compass was green, etc...