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Spark crash and broken due to return home in gesture mode
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Danielvdhurk
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[size=14.6667px]Dear fellow spark pilots,

[size=14.6667px]I was under the impression that in gesture mode return home would be deactivated, but today in gesture mode I didn't hear battery low or anything (since remote was way away from my ears) and while under a tree it activated return to home. Going up in the tree it decided to turn itself off and say atti mode while crashing and breaking an arm. It was unresponsive of my instant intuition of pulling the left stick down.

[size=14.6667px]The day before yesterday it fell out of mid air while in sports mode, I'm guessing this was because I didn't update that one battery. I was lucky it was at a height of one meter above grass but still, that luck ended today.

[size=14.6667px]This breaking of the arm of today really sucks... is there a way to turn off return home while in gesture mode? seems quite weird to have it as an option, let alone a default while you're in gesture distance.

[size=14.6667px]Do you think I'm allowed to glue the arm back and safe myself a care refresh? I've had it for three days now. Really sad that this happened so fast..[size=14.6667px]
[size=14.6667px]I think it would be better if the spark in a low battery situation during gesture mode would just start blinking some lights and hang there so you instantly check your remote to see what's what and then have to agree on whether or not initiate return home. This design flaw seems to have destroyed my drone in my first three days.
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Danielvdhurk
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I am sorry for all the weird text things above, this just appeared at posting and I was unable to remove those after post.
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Danielvdhurk
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In order to make it all more readable I reposted the post in another thread: https://forum.dji.com/thread-107983-1-1.html
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eylneb
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The green light you are refering to is in the front.. you should pay attention to the one at the back... Thats the "Status" indicator...

Further more you enabled gesture mode while connected to a device, by that already it has "RTH" set.. If you just started your spark without connecting to remote\or ur phone then RTH doesnt apply.
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DJI Thor
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We are sorry to hear about this case, Daniel. We do not recommend repairing the drone by yourself since the damage caused by unauthorized modification, disassembly, or shell opening not in accordance with official instructions or manuals will not be covered by warranty according to DJI After-Sales policy. We suggest to send it back to our official repair center for maintenance.
You can also contact our support to start a ticket for data analyzing and find out the reason for this case.
Here’s the link to contact us: http://www.dji.com/support
Here is the link to start an online repair: https://repair.dji.com/en/SelfRepair/Area
2017-8-7
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