HarpMudd
lvl.1
Flight distance : 16004 ft
United States
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Was flying my Spark for around 1min 43 secs, battery still had 79% charge. At the time, it was hovering 29.5ft in the air. Suddenly, with no warning, the power was cut completely, it fell like a brick from the sky and smashed into a paved driveway into several pieces and scratched up the body. I had 25 prior flights with my Spark and no issues. The only difference is that I was flying in Texas where the temperature was somewhere around 108'F - that coupled along with the normal warm operating temperature may have tripped a thermal sensor in the battery cutting power to the Spark. Like I said, the battery had a good charge, but after the crash the battery displayed a single light the way it does when you hit 10% or less. After the crash, I was able to snap on the underside prop covers that popped off and I tried a fresh battery. I attempted another flight, but only 2 props tried to spin. It wouldn't take off.
What's interesting is that I see in the threads that this issue has happened to others purchasing an additional battery. This crash did happen while using my 3rd battery that didn't come with my fly-more package. (This battery was purchased through the Amazon DJI store).
This is also saddening because I have some important events I would like to film in 3 weeks and would really love to have my replacement before then. Luckily I did purchase DJI care, but it shouldn't matter, this is clearly a defect and not pilot error.
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