Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Welcome DJI Spark Pilot!
Jump in and join our free Spark community today!
Sign up
Forums
DJI Spark Forums
Spark Discussions
Crashed Sparkee, Broke a motor
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="NWSpark" data-source="post: 61818" data-attributes="member: 7278"><p>Hello All,</p><p></p><p> 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)</p><p>They arrive and by watching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvHeVSOouWI&lc=z221vjopqveltpbp004t1aokgxkk25m5ihdtdcjhzoaxrk0h00410.1534802849310821" target="_blank">This Video</a> i replaced the motor.</p><p></p><p> 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.</p><p></p><p>Just wanted to pass this along as it's a pretty easy fix.</p><p>Lessons Learned:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1) Don't fly with half a battery</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2) Don't land next to a solid object</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3) Don't fly at night</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">4) Practice more with timed picture shots.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NWSpark, post: 61818, member: 7278"] 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 [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvHeVSOouWI&lc=z221vjopqveltpbp004t1aokgxkk25m5ihdtdcjhzoaxrk0h00410.1534802849310821']This Video[/URL] 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: [LIST] [*]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. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
DJI Spark Forums
Spark Discussions
Crashed Sparkee, Broke a motor