Have you been in the clouds with your spark?

[Sparkz71au]

I flew between a few low clouds. Maybe 180-230m - I forget. The battery was low - I switched to sports mode for a quicker landing (?). Spark came down but landed hard. I checked the Spark flight logs via DJI Assistant -> CsvView. The raw barometer & smooth barometer readings varied 10-13m when I changed to sports mode. VPS didn't work during landing - it seems returning through a cloud upset it's vision & VPS 'turned off'. As the barometer values were 10m apart, maybe Spark thought it had further to land?

 

[steve.r]

My flight of 500 meters was not in the US as I live mostly in the Philippines. The mountains around where I live are higher than that so I don’t see a problem. There are no flight paths over my area nor any private or military activity so I will continue to fly safely.

 

[Sparkz71au]

I went to 500 meters once. After flying above clouds at 250 meters & learning the downward sensor may/will fail - it's much safer to fly well below the clouds & within legal limits.