Another Spark fly-away tale (True Story - Please help)

seliko2001 · Oct 20, 2018

Hi guys and girls. I bought a spark drone and a day after purchase I flew it no more than a 100 meters away when it disconnected and refused to RTH. I saw it all the time, drifting away from me until lost sight of it. I looked all around the neighborhood but no luck.

It seems like it recorded my home point wrong, but then again, it also did not try to return.

While waiting for dji to investigate, could you please take a look at the logs and tell me what chance do i stand to get a replacement? Thanks!

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jrd210 · Oct 20, 2018

Good luck with that and sorry to hear it disappeared so soon after purchase.

cartoonfanboy · Oct 20, 2018

I haven't read one of these before but it looks like it didn't fly away it just decreased in height till it landed

Dhw688 · Oct 20, 2018

On the DJI Go app, click on the option 'Find my drone', this will tell you the last known position of the spark.

MrMcFly · Oct 20, 2018

Did the message display "Home Point recorded" before you took off?

Bob Johnston · Oct 20, 2018

Doesn't look like there was any attempt to fly the ac home, other than manipulating altitude. Plenty of battery capacity, so it may have hit something. Check last known area on the map or via find my drone i the app.

Northwood Mediaworks · Oct 20, 2018

Looks like it could be up on the roof of that structure

seliko2001 · Oct 21, 2018

MrMcFly said:
Did the message display "Home Point recorded" before you took off?

No, I just realized it afterwards. But then again, it did not return to the recorded point it took 47 seconds later

seliko2001 · Oct 21, 2018

Northwood Mediaworks said:
Looks like it could be up on the roof of that structure

There are many roofs there and the last point the app shows is wrong, because it shows the last point as the point it took off from

seliko2001 · Oct 21, 2018

Dhw688 said:
On the DJI Go app, click on the option 'Find my drone', this will tell you the last known position of the spark.

I tried, but it shows a wrong point

Maxpower · Oct 21, 2018

If it’s was not far enough away for RTP, ( it needs to be at a certain distance, RTP will not operate before then) when you activated it, it would have gone straight down at that point.

Trey · Oct 21, 2018

seliko2001 said:
Hi guys and girls. I bought a spark drone and a day after purchase I flew it no more than a 100 meters away when it disconnected and refused to RTH. I saw it all the time, drifting away from me until lost sight of it. I looked all around the neighborhood but no luck.

It seems like it recorded my home point wrong, but then again, it also did not try to return.

While waiting for dji to investigate, could you please take a look at the logs and tell me what chance do i stand to get a replacement? Thanks!

DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

Did somebody take it after it landed? It doesn't look far from where you were flying. I would follow map ending point. Talk with some neighbors.
I've had mine for almost a year and only had one time that it went in crazy mode and that was when it was about to land near me within 20-30 feet.. Where for no reason it went out of control and hit the curb. Still the power immediately stopped and there was no damage, not even to any propellers.
Hope you find it.

NRRTRAINS · Oct 21, 2018

seliko2001 said:
Hi guys and girls. I bought a spark drone and a day after purchase I flew it no more than a 100 meters away when it disconnected and refused to RTH. I saw it all the time, drifting away from me until lost sight of it. I looked all around the neighborhood but no luck.

It seems like it recorded my home point wrong, but then again, it also did not try to return.

While waiting for dji to investigate, could you please take a look at the logs and tell me what chance do i stand to get a replacement? Thanks!

DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

looks like your spark had a weak GPS to start ( Weak GPS signal. Positional accuracy may be compromised. Please fly with caution ) and then again into the flight . did you loose sight of your spark , also your Home Point Recorded. RTH Altitude: 30m. . you also lost satellites ( GPS Position NoMatch ) where are you . if you were flying and had no LOS it could be the reason .

Hayuatma · Oct 22, 2018

Maxpower said:
If it’s was not far enough away for RTP, ( it needs to be at a certain distance, RTP will not operate before then) when you activated it, it would have gone straight down at that point.

I think this is right. Try to check this possibilities...