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<blockquote data-quote="neilw" data-source="post: 7033" data-attributes="member: 1248"><p>The issue of Sparks having a random mid-air power-off crash are very real and have nothing to do with how they are being flown, manually or programed, or whether they are using the RC or phone. While not affecting all Sparks, it is happening randomly to a reasonably large group of people, so it does require caution at this point until DJI can resolve the issue. I was lucky that one of my sparks only fell from 20 ft at the practice field, so no damage. But many people have had theirs seriously damaged or lost in lakes, ocean, etc. Mine happened after 5 batteries worth of flying, so it is somewhat random as to when it happens. Others have had it happen sooner and some later.</p><p></p><p>The problem is real. It needs to be fixed and as of right now, DJI monitors on their own spark forum have not been able to provide a technical answer to the issue other than that engineering is working on it as fast as possible. Keep on flying, but don't think that it can't happen. So far there has been no common circumstances for the crashes, so it is advisable to be prudent at this point. Watch where you fly and how high. Because if you do get this issue, it could seriously hurt someone or seriously damage your bird. So far DJI is fixing them, but is not, so far, replacing lost sparks. </p><p></p><p>Because this is not happening to all Sparks, easy to think it won't happen to yours. Same thing happened with GoPro's drone. Enough crashes to make people wary. But hopefully DJI will sort out this very real problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilw, post: 7033, member: 1248"] The issue of Sparks having a random mid-air power-off crash are very real and have nothing to do with how they are being flown, manually or programed, or whether they are using the RC or phone. While not affecting all Sparks, it is happening randomly to a reasonably large group of people, so it does require caution at this point until DJI can resolve the issue. I was lucky that one of my sparks only fell from 20 ft at the practice field, so no damage. But many people have had theirs seriously damaged or lost in lakes, ocean, etc. Mine happened after 5 batteries worth of flying, so it is somewhat random as to when it happens. Others have had it happen sooner and some later. The problem is real. It needs to be fixed and as of right now, DJI monitors on their own spark forum have not been able to provide a technical answer to the issue other than that engineering is working on it as fast as possible. Keep on flying, but don't think that it can't happen. So far there has been no common circumstances for the crashes, so it is advisable to be prudent at this point. Watch where you fly and how high. Because if you do get this issue, it could seriously hurt someone or seriously damage your bird. So far DJI is fixing them, but is not, so far, replacing lost sparks. Because this is not happening to all Sparks, easy to think it won't happen to yours. Same thing happened with GoPro's drone. Enough crashes to make people wary. But hopefully DJI will sort out this very real problem. [/QUOTE]
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