A small amount of bad luck but it could've been worse...
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Gutting. But I still don't believe that can be the result of torque from the motor due to a jam/leverage between the prop and a prop guard - it's not that powerful and that's not where the stress point would be for such an event. There are far weaker spots than the arm that would give way first. Surely.
That arm's caught between two branches after a fall, I reckon.
I'm gonna try it
The first one I was not worried about because I was filming a bunch of guys on their motorcycles that wanted awesome drone videos and paid me. This one. I was just walking down the street and as it went under a tree, it sucked the branch and leaves down into the prop/guard and boom!
I'm telling you bro. It was 8 feet off the ground practically moving forward at a snails pace, it had enough tourqe to crack apart the case,shatter the prop guard, flipped it upside down and it landed dead center on the top of the drone.Gutting. But I still don't believe that can be the result of torque from the motor due to a jam/leverage between the prop and a prop guard - it's not that powerful and that's not where the stress point would be for such an event. There are far weaker spots than the arm that would give way first. Surely.
That arm's caught between two branches after a fall, I reckon.
I'm gonna try it
Hmmm, wow. 8 feet is nothing. I'm really surprised by that - that's a lot of force, or these arms are even weaker than I had previously given them credit for! Struth.
What got stuck in the prop guard?
oh dear God... that makes me cringe....
I enjoy flying my P3P over lakes for the scenery but I almost hold my breath the entire time for in fear of the aircraft falling straight in to the water. I know it's going to fall out of the sky some day. I just hope it happens on dry land where I can at least save the $1200 wreckage as a memento of my expensive R/C flying days. lol
I was hoping to just have 1 but after Bike Week I needed a back up. Then I wrecked that one so I need a backup for my backup and a backup for that one. lol
You have to be hard core unless you have a two car garage or a basement that is a hobby shop and you can do repairs. I could not imagine not having my drone.
Don't worry, don't fly like a monkey backwards while coming down and to the left and you won't go into CSC.
Haha, @dalebb , I think you just saved Ken from writing off another one of his backup drones in the coming weeks!
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