Crashed Sparkee, Broke a motor

[NWSpark]

Hello All,

Soo crashed my Spark the other night. Stupid me, flew at night, started to panic as drone wasn't responding to phone commands through the Remote. Went to land it in a way I almost never land it and bumped the joystick and it sideways hit the house at about 4 feet off the ground. Probably wouldn't have been a problem but, I think the Prop got wedged between the downspout and the house and that's what wrecked the motor. It would spin up but, it wouldn't spin freely. So ordered 2 new motors from Amazon (1 spare god forbid this happens again)
They arrive and by watching This Video i replaced the motor.

My only note to pass on is go slow, and make sure you match the wires from the previous motor to your new one. My new one had different colour wires and somehow along the way I had 2 wires backwards, causing the motor to spin in the opposite direction. Once I had that figured out. I rewired it correctly and I was back in the air.

Just wanted to pass this along as it's a pretty easy fix.
Lessons Learned:

• 1) Don't fly with half a battery
• 2) Don't land next to a solid object
• 3) Don't fly at night
• 4) Practice more with timed picture shots.

 

[Northwood Mediaworks]

Sorry to hear you had to go through that. But as you've said, its a learning experience. Thanks for sharing.