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<blockquote data-quote="joeke3el" data-source="post: 95026" data-attributes="member: 17909"><p>Hi Scooped,</p><p></p><p>Where you near any houses? Just a theory, but I think my Spark got zapped by my neighbor's satellite dish a couple of weeks ago as I suspect they have satellite internet. Unlike TV, the internet package means transmissions come out of those dishes. I don't know them well, but the van that comes by for maintenance is a company that offers satellite internet. I had 16 satellites, was 143 feet up over their house when suddenly "Weak GPS Signal" came up on the screen, I then got the "IMU heading error. Please restart the aircraft." and the Compass Error. Exit P-GPS Mode." errors. It then drifted 500 feet and would not accept an RTH command for a couple of minutes. So, I'm wondering if you were near any houses running internet out of their dishes. I'm still looking into this, but I'm thinking being too close to a transmitting dish is going to be a problem. Not all of these dishes are simply receiving TV so I've been making it a habit to not fly over houses too low since that incident.</p><p></p><p>I hope your Spark wasn't damaged.</p><p></p><p>Joe</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joeke3el, post: 95026, member: 17909"] Hi Scooped, Where you near any houses? Just a theory, but I think my Spark got zapped by my neighbor's satellite dish a couple of weeks ago as I suspect they have satellite internet. Unlike TV, the internet package means transmissions come out of those dishes. I don't know them well, but the van that comes by for maintenance is a company that offers satellite internet. I had 16 satellites, was 143 feet up over their house when suddenly "Weak GPS Signal" came up on the screen, I then got the "IMU heading error. Please restart the aircraft." and the Compass Error. Exit P-GPS Mode." errors. It then drifted 500 feet and would not accept an RTH command for a couple of minutes. So, I'm wondering if you were near any houses running internet out of their dishes. I'm still looking into this, but I'm thinking being too close to a transmitting dish is going to be a problem. Not all of these dishes are simply receiving TV so I've been making it a habit to not fly over houses too low since that incident. I hope your Spark wasn't damaged. Joe [/QUOTE]
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