StarFishUK
lvl.3
Flight distance : 54970 ft
United Kingdom
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I have never had a fall, but I have had some weirdness, which I think is connected with changing mode while in flight....
Latest firmware / app. RC connected to Android phone via OTG. Manually set to 2.4Ghz before take off.
I was flying the camera in video mode, recording, a short distance from me - within 30 meters. I flew it close and raised it to 20 meters altitude. I stopped recording and switched to photo mode, checked photo was set to 180 degree panorama and pressed the button to take the photo. Nothing happened. I tried to descend, but it wouldn't respond. After a couple of seconds it gave an error saying it couldn't connect to the camera, then I heard it taking photos anyway. I was a bit freaked out so carried on trying to descend. The screen went black - no video feed, but all telemetry was correctly displayed and the spark eventually responded. I brought it down to land and got it on the ground safely - without video feed. As I walked over to it I flipped back to video (from photo) mode to see if this would bring the video feed back - it did, but almost immediately the screen went grey and the Spark disconnected. It re-connected after a few seconds, but disconnected again. This is with the Spark about 5 feet away from me on the ground!
I've had a feeling for a little while that for some reason the Spark doesn't like changing mode while in flight and seems to get confused. |
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