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Spark RTH Fail
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This was entirly my fault!

I forgot to set the RTH to "current altitude"

Spark suffered a broken rotor arm but was easily fixed.

Lesson: Always set your RTH in acordance with your suroundings.

Enjoy


2017-9-22
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Wachtberger
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Very nice, but please explain why you call it "RTH Fail" then and not correctly Pilot Fail?
2017-9-22
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Pirikitto
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if you were more than 20 meters away even with CURRENT ALTITUDE ON would have risen to 30 m
RTH at CA affect only with distance between 3m and 20 metri
2017-9-22
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HomePoint
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Good to see these video's, it makes everyone aware of the problems you can encounter if you don't think about what you are doing and what your drone will do in certain fail-safe circumstances.  The heading is fine as "Spark RTH Fail", as the pilot is sharing his Spark RTH fail for whatever reason it happened.
2017-9-22
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DJI-Jamie
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Glad to hear that the damage wasn't extensive. Flying around trees can be tricky and RTH settings are crucial. If you think that it losing signal under a tree (or anything with a potential 'ceiling' effect) setting the failsafe to "hover" may be a good option as well so it can stay put until you get back into signal range.
2017-9-22
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Wachtberger
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DJI-Jamie Posted at 2017-9-22 14:43
Glad to hear that the damage wasn't extensive. Flying around trees can be tricky and RTH settings are crucial. If you think that it losing signal under a tree (or anything with a potential 'ceiling' effect) setting the failsafe to "hover" may be a good option as well so it can stay put until you get back into signal range.

Where can we set the failsafe to "hover"? I have not found this option yet.
2017-9-23
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Wachtberger Posted at 2017-9-23 00:07
Where can we set the failsafe to "hover"? I have not found this option yet.

I would like to know this too!

Thanks for the feedback.
2017-9-23
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Oracle Miata
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Wachtberger Posted at 2017-9-23 00:07
Where can we set the failsafe to "hover"? I have not found this option yet.

Pretty sure that is not a Spark option.  It is available on Mavic.
2017-9-23
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Wachtberger Posted at 2017-9-23 00:07
Where can we set the failsafe to "hover"? I have not found this option yet.

Agree with Oracle Miata, this is not a Spark option. It is available for Phantom series and Mavic series.
2017-9-24
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Mark S
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I also had a Pilot Error RTH.  I launched at one point in a park and walked around as I flew my Spark.  It reached low battery and started a RTH but I was near a tree.  The Spark saw the tree in front of it and started to go "up and over" but unfortunately there as some overhang of branches.  Before I could stop the RTH (I was much more of a rookie pilot) it clipped some branches.  It fell but no real damage.

Because the Spark does not have collision avoidance in multiple directions (in this case up) it did not fully see the tree.  Had it not clipped the branch near the top of the tree I think it would have landed under the RTH function.
2017-9-25
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