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<blockquote data-quote="basily" data-source="post: 112847" data-attributes="member: 19021"><p>I'm not sure what the problem is, but just tried to fly my spark and completely lost confidence in it.</p><p></p><p>Jumping bean or what is described <a href="https://sparkpilots.com/threads/weird-spark-jumping-bean.13872/" target="_blank">here</a> or <a href="https://sparkpilots.com/threads/found-jumping-bean-issue.14968/" target="_blank">here </a>seems very similar to what just happened to me.</p><p></p><p>I was flying using Litchi and almost lost it when it came back down right on the edge of my roof (my main launchpad) then skidded around a bit. Tried again in the patio, with litchi, with dji app, and with no app, just controller, and I couldn't draw any correlation. Sometimes ok, sometimes skidding or bouncing around. Sometimes starting motors, but wouldn't take off. Tried 2 different batteries too. Did a compass calibration, twice. Got an error a couple of times, but perhaps was doing it wrong (I always get messed up by the incorrect diagram on the dji app for nose down). I'm wondering if I messed up the compass when I took it apart last week to repair a cracked gimbal motor mount and didn't realize that it was a bad idea to use a magnetized screw driver.</p><p></p><p>But, I've flown on 2 occasions since the crash and repair with no issues. I also calibrated the IMU and compass after that repair. I think there was a firmware update somewhere in there - could that be it? Anyone else had issues?</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the rambling post - I really love flying my Spark, and it's hard to launch waypoint missions with any confidence when it starts acting erratically... :-(</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="basily, post: 112847, member: 19021"] I'm not sure what the problem is, but just tried to fly my spark and completely lost confidence in it. Jumping bean or what is described [URL='https://sparkpilots.com/threads/weird-spark-jumping-bean.13872/']here[/URL] or [URL='https://sparkpilots.com/threads/found-jumping-bean-issue.14968/']here [/URL]seems very similar to what just happened to me. I was flying using Litchi and almost lost it when it came back down right on the edge of my roof (my main launchpad) then skidded around a bit. Tried again in the patio, with litchi, with dji app, and with no app, just controller, and I couldn't draw any correlation. Sometimes ok, sometimes skidding or bouncing around. Sometimes starting motors, but wouldn't take off. Tried 2 different batteries too. Did a compass calibration, twice. Got an error a couple of times, but perhaps was doing it wrong (I always get messed up by the incorrect diagram on the dji app for nose down). I'm wondering if I messed up the compass when I took it apart last week to repair a cracked gimbal motor mount and didn't realize that it was a bad idea to use a magnetized screw driver. But, I've flown on 2 occasions since the crash and repair with no issues. I also calibrated the IMU and compass after that repair. I think there was a firmware update somewhere in there - could that be it? Anyone else had issues? Sorry for the rambling post - I really love flying my Spark, and it's hard to launch waypoint missions with any confidence when it starts acting erratically... :-( [/QUOTE]
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