ImHereToCrash
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Flight distance : 5381368 ft
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the spark does need more safe fall backs.. i dont think disabling RTH is ideal.. but i think dynamic home point, or intelligently picking RTH or return to person based on what is closest. i remember one time my spark reset its RTH point out on its current location, how does that even happen why does it... that just stupid... why do you want to land on roof of a business? but anyway i was landing her with 10% battery near me it went into RTH mode and tried to fly off again..was like no no... i canceled it.. but yea, in certain situation having alternate failsafes would be ideal.
maybe even create "safe zones" in a map.. basically areas where if the drone is having major issues.. like it needs to land asap, its lost, etc... it can land/crash in safe zones you marked. or return to an area safely. i also think that the spark should download some of the maps into the SD card and refer to them when it gets into a bind, that way if its completely disconnected from the RC/Phone and its lost it can try to figure the situation out its self out fly to a marked safe zone, or marked landing area or something... this should be a standard feature for all DJI drones... just so it isnt forced to fly forever into the unknown, or hover or crash.... it can say hey i dont know where to go, got no signal, no beacon... check the map and attempt to go to a safe zone to land or a marked area designed to recovery..
we have a family farm, and on our family farm we have meetup points, about 10 of them.. incase something happens, one of us gets lost during a ride, or hurt or some other occurrence we can meet up and plan next move... most of these meetup areas are wide open flat pitches of land 25 feet by 25 feet...having the Spark or any drone know this is an area it can land in if all fails...without connection to app or RC.. that would be great. that way if it knows not enough juice in the battery to get home or other problems like its struggling to fight the wind or something it can find one of these zones and hand out there.. |
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