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<blockquote data-quote="crumbsPenfold" data-source="post: 61881" data-attributes="member: 4331"><p>You were under attack the whole flight; immersed in the DJI goggles, you probably didn't even realise. I'm sympathetic to you because I know that looking at the screen does not always show wobbles like this, depending on the refresh rate of the connection. I have never seen a bird in my screen, they are extremely quick, but I see them when looking at the recorded footage later. </p><p></p><p>DJI included a silly (imo <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />) safety feature that means the drone turns off when it tips beyond a certain angle. We've all seen experts turning their drones off this way. I've never been a fan - I think it makes the spark extremely susceptible to bird strikes and extremely dangerous to people. Birds are everywhere and often attack drones. I don't know what happens to a person's skull when hit by a 300g plastic lump travelling at 150km/h, but I imagine it might kill them.</p><p></p><p>Granted I didn't see what happened, but it looks to me like your <strong><span style="font-size: 18px">spark <strong>fell out of the sky after being tipped by an angry bird</strong></span></strong>. Lucky it fell in the water and not on someone's head.</p><p></p><p>As others have said, "stop flying" if you see birds swooping you.</p><p></p><p>The original Phantom 4 suffered from instability when landing due (I think) to propeller wash and it's top-heavy construction. It could very easily flip over when landing slowly, after which it would stupidly grind its propellers into the concrete full power, trying to right itself. I think this auto-off feature is to prevent that problem - but I've never seen anyone flip a Phantom 4 to turn it off. In any case if this is what happened to you it confirms my worst fears that the Spark can easily fall from the sky.</p><p></p><p>What do others think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crumbsPenfold, post: 61881, member: 4331"] You were under attack the whole flight; immersed in the DJI goggles, you probably didn't even realise. I'm sympathetic to you because I know that looking at the screen does not always show wobbles like this, depending on the refresh rate of the connection. I have never seen a bird in my screen, they are extremely quick, but I see them when looking at the recorded footage later. DJI included a silly (imo :rolleyes:) safety feature that means the drone turns off when it tips beyond a certain angle. We've all seen experts turning their drones off this way. I've never been a fan - I think it makes the spark extremely susceptible to bird strikes and extremely dangerous to people. Birds are everywhere and often attack drones. I don't know what happens to a person's skull when hit by a 300g plastic lump travelling at 150km/h, but I imagine it might kill them. Granted I didn't see what happened, but it looks to me like your [B][SIZE=5]spark [B]fell out of the sky after being tipped by an angry bird[/B][/SIZE][/B]. Lucky it fell in the water and not on someone's head. As others have said, "stop flying" if you see birds swooping you. The original Phantom 4 suffered from instability when landing due (I think) to propeller wash and it's top-heavy construction. It could very easily flip over when landing slowly, after which it would stupidly grind its propellers into the concrete full power, trying to right itself. I think this auto-off feature is to prevent that problem - but I've never seen anyone flip a Phantom 4 to turn it off. In any case if this is what happened to you it confirms my worst fears that the Spark can easily fall from the sky. What do others think? [/QUOTE]
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