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<blockquote data-quote="Voltaic" data-source="post: 48791" data-attributes="member: 9403"><p>I'm fairly new to drones (got a Karma in early February, just got a Spark three weeks back) and here's the one thing I've learned - at some point, your drone is going to crash and / or fly away without your control and it's either a total loss or at the least a costly repair. It's just the nature of these things. </p><p></p><p>I get the anxiety though as I'll never fly my Karma again. I'm actually waiting on a replacement from GoPro and once I get it, I'll be selling it. I crashed it all the way back on March 10th (it's a long story but never buy a Karma lol) </p><p></p><p>I've had one really scary disconnect with my Spark where I was flying over water and thought it had gone into the lake. The screen went black and I was disconnected. Turns out it lost line of sight to the controller, there was a water fountain between the controller and the drone, but it ascended to a safe altitude and then flew right back to my home point. </p><p></p><p>I think you can take precautions (calibrate the compass before every flight, make sure you have a good GPS connection prior to take off) but things can and will happen beyond your control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voltaic, post: 48791, member: 9403"] I'm fairly new to drones (got a Karma in early February, just got a Spark three weeks back) and here's the one thing I've learned - at some point, your drone is going to crash and / or fly away without your control and it's either a total loss or at the least a costly repair. It's just the nature of these things. I get the anxiety though as I'll never fly my Karma again. I'm actually waiting on a replacement from GoPro and once I get it, I'll be selling it. I crashed it all the way back on March 10th (it's a long story but never buy a Karma lol) I've had one really scary disconnect with my Spark where I was flying over water and thought it had gone into the lake. The screen went black and I was disconnected. Turns out it lost line of sight to the controller, there was a water fountain between the controller and the drone, but it ascended to a safe altitude and then flew right back to my home point. I think you can take precautions (calibrate the compass before every flight, make sure you have a good GPS connection prior to take off) but things can and will happen beyond your control. [/QUOTE]
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