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Compass error forces ATTI mode, even though I had 12-16 satellites
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<blockquote data-quote="Rick Morton" data-source="post: 16508" data-attributes="member: 2166"><p>Let me chime in! I bought my Spark specifically to take to the Maine coast on our road trip. A week after I got it, it took off in ATTI mode while flying only about 50 feet from me in the middle of nowhere. Luckily, I got GPS back and brought it home. I've been scared to death flying ever since. I got some nice footage in a few cemeteries this week, although nothing really high or far out. Then we went to a small inlet to get some shots. There was NOTHING around. This little village doesn't even have a traffic light. No wires, no buildings where I was. I took off and in about 15 seconds got a "Warning... interference. Turn off wifi or bluetooth devices..." Something like that. I immediately came down and turned off cell phone and Apple Watch. The App was all green, 12 satellites, and I took off. Went up about 30 feet and out about 50. Was turning at the Spark went into ATTI mode and took off at much faster speed than I was going, which was really slowly since I was scared to fly as it was. I'm not an experiences ATTI pilot, to say the least, and I couldn't control it. It hit the trees and crashed to the ground. Luckily not into the water. Physically it looks fine but turning it on gives me all kinds of error messages. I'll be sending it in.</p><p>I agree with Noooris... and I just don't understand... why DJI can't fix this issue. The drone is MADE to work based on GPS positioning. Why do they let it just "LOSE" GPS all of a sudden... then take off like a bat out of hell. Why not at least TRY to make it hover so those of us who aren't experts can at least try to gain some control? I don't get it. And why does it increase speed, making things even worse? </p><p>I didn't do a compass calibrate, I'll admit that, but why, if that were the problem, did it wait to get 50 ft. away before it crapped out? Why not let me know before I take off? </p><p>I'm so frustrated with this. A lot of money and I'm scared to fly the thing because it can choose to drop signal and fly away any time. A real bummer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick Morton, post: 16508, member: 2166"] Let me chime in! I bought my Spark specifically to take to the Maine coast on our road trip. A week after I got it, it took off in ATTI mode while flying only about 50 feet from me in the middle of nowhere. Luckily, I got GPS back and brought it home. I've been scared to death flying ever since. I got some nice footage in a few cemeteries this week, although nothing really high or far out. Then we went to a small inlet to get some shots. There was NOTHING around. This little village doesn't even have a traffic light. No wires, no buildings where I was. I took off and in about 15 seconds got a "Warning... interference. Turn off wifi or bluetooth devices..." Something like that. I immediately came down and turned off cell phone and Apple Watch. The App was all green, 12 satellites, and I took off. Went up about 30 feet and out about 50. Was turning at the Spark went into ATTI mode and took off at much faster speed than I was going, which was really slowly since I was scared to fly as it was. I'm not an experiences ATTI pilot, to say the least, and I couldn't control it. It hit the trees and crashed to the ground. Luckily not into the water. Physically it looks fine but turning it on gives me all kinds of error messages. I'll be sending it in. I agree with Noooris... and I just don't understand... why DJI can't fix this issue. The drone is MADE to work based on GPS positioning. Why do they let it just "LOSE" GPS all of a sudden... then take off like a bat out of hell. Why not at least TRY to make it hover so those of us who aren't experts can at least try to gain some control? I don't get it. And why does it increase speed, making things even worse? I didn't do a compass calibrate, I'll admit that, but why, if that were the problem, did it wait to get 50 ft. away before it crapped out? Why not let me know before I take off? I'm so frustrated with this. A lot of money and I'm scared to fly the thing because it can choose to drop signal and fly away any time. A real bummer. [/QUOTE]
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