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Almost had a fly away - lessons learned
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<blockquote data-quote="Tafische" data-source="post: 59462" data-attributes="member: 11370"><p>So I have over 20 hours logged on my Spark and have had no GPS issues until a few days ago...and have not had one in 2 hours flying since.</p><p></p><p>It was a routine flight around the neighborhood at around 400 feet about 5 minutes in. All of a sudden it went to ATTI mode. It was very confusing at first. I was looking at the screen and the dot was in front of me to the north stationary, but I could hear the UAV flying to the SW away from me. It happened quick! Once I sorta thought I understood what was happening I immediately turned the camera down to try and get my bearings to bring it home. About the time I got my bearings it went back into GPS mode and I brought him home. I have been digging around the logs, but don't see anything significant other than a loss of GPS position but will keep digging.</p><p></p><p>This event has actually caused me to improve my pre-flight planning where I add a "fly-away plan" which includes a better understanding of the wind - direction and speed. If I ever have this happen again my plan is to climb as quickly as possible (depending on wind and safety) to increase signal range. At the same time lower my camera and get my bearings. If I still can't locate it or lose the camera signal, I have to make a decision if I fly back into the wind which is quite a gamble. </p><p></p><p>My suggestions is that everyone start thinking about what you would do in this event. What other suggestions or experience do you have with this? Please share.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tafische, post: 59462, member: 11370"] So I have over 20 hours logged on my Spark and have had no GPS issues until a few days ago...and have not had one in 2 hours flying since. It was a routine flight around the neighborhood at around 400 feet about 5 minutes in. All of a sudden it went to ATTI mode. It was very confusing at first. I was looking at the screen and the dot was in front of me to the north stationary, but I could hear the UAV flying to the SW away from me. It happened quick! Once I sorta thought I understood what was happening I immediately turned the camera down to try and get my bearings to bring it home. About the time I got my bearings it went back into GPS mode and I brought him home. I have been digging around the logs, but don't see anything significant other than a loss of GPS position but will keep digging. This event has actually caused me to improve my pre-flight planning where I add a "fly-away plan" which includes a better understanding of the wind - direction and speed. If I ever have this happen again my plan is to climb as quickly as possible (depending on wind and safety) to increase signal range. At the same time lower my camera and get my bearings. If I still can't locate it or lose the camera signal, I have to make a decision if I fly back into the wind which is quite a gamble. My suggestions is that everyone start thinking about what you would do in this event. What other suggestions or experience do you have with this? Please share. [/QUOTE]
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