One for the books?

[Steve Kennedy]

I have been flying my Spark for 10 months now so I have some experience but here's one head scratcher. I have four DJI intelligent flight batteries that I have numbered one through four so I can track their performance as time goes on. I cycle them through on each flight so that each has equal exposure to use. Recently, there have been issues with one battery. The battery is fully charged and indicates that it is, with GPS locked and home point established, I advance the throttle for take off and the Spark goes to full throttle and becomes a "rogue drone". On three occasions this has occurred and the Spark has gone on a "joy ride" with no response to the stick controls. The only thing that saved my bacon the last time was invoking the return home feature, the second last, it put down in a tree and the first time it happened, it came home itself. This only occurs with battery #1, all others behave normally. Any thoughts on this matter?

 

[lmel2005]

It's strange that it happens using one specific battery.

You can upload your logs, so someone experienced could check them for you.

 

[Spark 317]

Inspect the pins on the battery.

Perhaps one is bent, causing an error in the flow of power to the Spark.

If anything, contact DJI and they may replace the battery if it is at fault.

 

[Barbara]

Indeed, odd behavior. Would definitely examine the flight logs and consider contacting DJI. Note, the flight logs will also identify the particular battery associated with the flight. (records the battery serial number)

 

[Dave Canada]

at least you know how to fix it hope i remember that when sparky acts like it lost it