Hi Guys,
I've long read this forum, but first time posting...
I had a situation occur this morning which resulted in the death of my Spark. I'm typically a slow flyer, admitting I'm a relative beginner but something happened which I can't understand based on my Flight Logs. I'm hoping someone more experience
Here's what happened: I am currently on vacation in the highland regions of New Zealand.
I was flying my drone close to myself at my place of stay at a low altitude and distance to where I stood. The flight was no more than a minute or so, flown in ATTI mode (hovering and moving between 1mph to 4mph), when the drone dramatically sped up rising from 3mph to 19mph in the span of 1.3 seconds then again upon return 4mph to 16mph in 2.1 seconds - with the final acceleration resulting in a loss of control and crash.
I've investigated the flight records closely and cannot seem to understand the cause of the issue. I've flown the spark consistently through my trips with limited speed and did not expect it to accelerate uncontrollably at these speeds in such a sudden.
I've attached the flight logs for your reference as well. I did not recieve any environmental warning on strong winds to suggest otherwise - so I believe it might have been a defect or malfunction. According to my understanding of the drones features I do believe there should've been safety limits and consistent controls to ensue consistent flight behaviour.
Hope someone can help - I want to learn from this incident... I feel awful over the whole thing.
I've long read this forum, but first time posting...
I had a situation occur this morning which resulted in the death of my Spark. I'm typically a slow flyer, admitting I'm a relative beginner but something happened which I can't understand based on my Flight Logs. I'm hoping someone more experience
Here's what happened: I am currently on vacation in the highland regions of New Zealand.
I was flying my drone close to myself at my place of stay at a low altitude and distance to where I stood. The flight was no more than a minute or so, flown in ATTI mode (hovering and moving between 1mph to 4mph), when the drone dramatically sped up rising from 3mph to 19mph in the span of 1.3 seconds then again upon return 4mph to 16mph in 2.1 seconds - with the final acceleration resulting in a loss of control and crash.
I've investigated the flight records closely and cannot seem to understand the cause of the issue. I've flown the spark consistently through my trips with limited speed and did not expect it to accelerate uncontrollably at these speeds in such a sudden.
I've attached the flight logs for your reference as well. I did not recieve any environmental warning on strong winds to suggest otherwise - so I believe it might have been a defect or malfunction. According to my understanding of the drones features I do believe there should've been safety limits and consistent controls to ensue consistent flight behaviour.
Hope someone can help - I want to learn from this incident... I feel awful over the whole thing.