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<blockquote data-quote="David Quartermain" data-source="post: 26604" data-attributes="member: 5811"><p>I got the spark for christmas and really like it but I too had the dreaded fly away. I have a new one coming and just want to know how it can be avoided. I guess I was fortunate that it hit a tree and came down but it needs to be replaced. I have read about being ready to fly in atti mode but when mine decided to take off it was like it was in sport mode and no matter what i did it didnt respond. When looking at the flight records it shows a weak gps signal but when it was launched it was fine. It was just above my yard and had just had a flight with no problem 1 hour before. I am wondering if it had cleared the trees if maybe I might have been able to get it to come back with rth but as it was there was no response from controller and I did try rth before it hit the tree. I wish I knew for sure if it was my fault or a glitch in the drone because it was probably too cold and a little windy but as I said it had worked fine just earlier. When i get my new one back I will only fly in open areas for a while until I am confident it will respond ok but after what happened I know that there is no warning, it just takes off like its on a mission. Not being negative because I think it's a great drone. I am still super happy with it and looking forward to my new one. I am new to this hobby and was amazed at the quality of the video when watching on my tv. Happy flying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David Quartermain, post: 26604, member: 5811"] I got the spark for christmas and really like it but I too had the dreaded fly away. I have a new one coming and just want to know how it can be avoided. I guess I was fortunate that it hit a tree and came down but it needs to be replaced. I have read about being ready to fly in atti mode but when mine decided to take off it was like it was in sport mode and no matter what i did it didnt respond. When looking at the flight records it shows a weak gps signal but when it was launched it was fine. It was just above my yard and had just had a flight with no problem 1 hour before. I am wondering if it had cleared the trees if maybe I might have been able to get it to come back with rth but as it was there was no response from controller and I did try rth before it hit the tree. I wish I knew for sure if it was my fault or a glitch in the drone because it was probably too cold and a little windy but as I said it had worked fine just earlier. When i get my new one back I will only fly in open areas for a while until I am confident it will respond ok but after what happened I know that there is no warning, it just takes off like its on a mission. Not being negative because I think it's a great drone. I am still super happy with it and looking forward to my new one. I am new to this hobby and was amazed at the quality of the video when watching on my tv. Happy flying. [/QUOTE]
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