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Almost had a fly away - lessons learned
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<blockquote data-quote="bigfrank" data-source="post: 60708" data-attributes="member: 10091"><p>Just came back from a canoeing/hiking trip in Jämtland County, Sweden. Took my spark hoping to get some decent photos and videos, however for some bizarre reason the drone kept going into atti mode when reaching altitude higher than about 30ft, roughly. On one occasion the drone was flying over a lake at around 100ft ish, went into atti mode and flew off in what appeared to be sports mode! Luckily my mate chased the drone and managed to catch it whilst it was about to land itself on a huge rock. There is no record of this on the flight record! Anyway, I was reluctant to fly again in fear of losing it, but I put my fear to one side and continued to fly the drone. Each time compass error appeared on the screen and the drone switched to atti mode, but I was able to control the drone and bring it back to safety. I'm miffed as to why this kept happening and I was not able to get the shots I wanted due to the fear of losing the drone. The terrain is unforgiving so I thought this may be interfering in some bizarre way. Huge rocks everywhere and vast amounts of water. GPS signal was always high though and had 17 sats locked. This sounds similar to what you experienced so thought I'd share my experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigfrank, post: 60708, member: 10091"] Just came back from a canoeing/hiking trip in Jämtland County, Sweden. Took my spark hoping to get some decent photos and videos, however for some bizarre reason the drone kept going into atti mode when reaching altitude higher than about 30ft, roughly. On one occasion the drone was flying over a lake at around 100ft ish, went into atti mode and flew off in what appeared to be sports mode! Luckily my mate chased the drone and managed to catch it whilst it was about to land itself on a huge rock. There is no record of this on the flight record! Anyway, I was reluctant to fly again in fear of losing it, but I put my fear to one side and continued to fly the drone. Each time compass error appeared on the screen and the drone switched to atti mode, but I was able to control the drone and bring it back to safety. I'm miffed as to why this kept happening and I was not able to get the shots I wanted due to the fear of losing the drone. The terrain is unforgiving so I thought this may be interfering in some bizarre way. Huge rocks everywhere and vast amounts of water. GPS signal was always high though and had 17 sats locked. This sounds similar to what you experienced so thought I'd share my experience. [/QUOTE]
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