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Lost Spark flying Litchi. What Happened?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 16857" data-source="post: 86648"><p>I lost my spark a couple weeks ago while flying a litchi mission. It was a 9 minute mission and should have made it back, no sweat. There were 11-15 mph wind gusts that day and I was debating flying to begin with. I should have listened to my instincts. The spark will turn around and try to return home regardless of litchi settings. When the power is low, it will try to return home. So, I have several theories about what happened to mine. 1. a hawk got it.. or; 2. it tried to come home and didn't calculate the side wind it was diagonally flying against and either landed in a tree, creek, or pond.. or 3. it landed in a safe spot on the golf course I was flying on and someone picked it up before it could find it. or.. 4. an engine failed and it's in a tree, creek or pond.</p><p></p><p>I've since bought a used spark and have looked everywhere for it, even though it's rained like hell since then and I know it's probably ruined. It's nowhere to be found. In any case, I've flown a TON of litchi missions and it always came back when the battery got lot regardless of the litchi smart return setting. That behavior is baked into the drone regardless of the software it's running.</p><p></p><p>I seriously doubt that DJI would give me another one as I was flying an autonomous misison with 3rd party software. Since the flight log stopped midway through my way-points and it was 330 feet up at the disconnect, there is no data to substantiate the case for a new drone and conversely no data to indicate that it was litchi's fault. So, I'm screwed and just happy I found a $200 solo spark on ebay to replace mine with. Attached are my flight logs for any curious parties (hint hint DJI).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 16857, post: 86648"] I lost my spark a couple weeks ago while flying a litchi mission. It was a 9 minute mission and should have made it back, no sweat. There were 11-15 mph wind gusts that day and I was debating flying to begin with. I should have listened to my instincts. The spark will turn around and try to return home regardless of litchi settings. When the power is low, it will try to return home. So, I have several theories about what happened to mine. 1. a hawk got it.. or; 2. it tried to come home and didn't calculate the side wind it was diagonally flying against and either landed in a tree, creek, or pond.. or 3. it landed in a safe spot on the golf course I was flying on and someone picked it up before it could find it. or.. 4. an engine failed and it's in a tree, creek or pond. I've since bought a used spark and have looked everywhere for it, even though it's rained like hell since then and I know it's probably ruined. It's nowhere to be found. In any case, I've flown a TON of litchi missions and it always came back when the battery got lot regardless of the litchi smart return setting. That behavior is baked into the drone regardless of the software it's running. I seriously doubt that DJI would give me another one as I was flying an autonomous misison with 3rd party software. Since the flight log stopped midway through my way-points and it was 330 feet up at the disconnect, there is no data to substantiate the case for a new drone and conversely no data to indicate that it was litchi's fault. So, I'm screwed and just happy I found a $200 solo spark on ebay to replace mine with. Attached are my flight logs for any curious parties (hint hint DJI). [/QUOTE]
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