I feel sick.
I've had my P3A for a little over a week and have been out flying it every evening getting use to it. It's my first drone, so I am being very cautious with it. Today I took it out to a local park and as I was going up, at about 30m I think, a crow came out of a nearby tree and attacked the drone. Thinking that it may have done some damage I started to bring it down, but as I was doing that the crow came back and had another go. One of the props broke and the drone came down hard and fast. It landed in a reed bed next to a river - about a meter from the water.
The body seems mostly fine, mainly scratches and scuffs, and the props are easily replaced. It still powers up and it looks like the motors are still turning ok. The main damage is to the gimbal, with the plate that attaches the gimbal to the craft snapping and the camera hanging on by one pin. The cable into the gimbal has also been severed. I think the camera itself is ok, but I obviously can't be sure because there;s no power getting to it.
I've emailed support already to enquire about a repair, but I suspect it will be a couple of days before I hear back from them.
I wondered if members here had any idea on how much a repair to the gimbal is likely to cost, and how long it usually takes to complete?
I've had my P3A for a little over a week and have been out flying it every evening getting use to it. It's my first drone, so I am being very cautious with it. Today I took it out to a local park and as I was going up, at about 30m I think, a crow came out of a nearby tree and attacked the drone. Thinking that it may have done some damage I started to bring it down, but as I was doing that the crow came back and had another go. One of the props broke and the drone came down hard and fast. It landed in a reed bed next to a river - about a meter from the water.
The body seems mostly fine, mainly scratches and scuffs, and the props are easily replaced. It still powers up and it looks like the motors are still turning ok. The main damage is to the gimbal, with the plate that attaches the gimbal to the craft snapping and the camera hanging on by one pin. The cable into the gimbal has also been severed. I think the camera itself is ok, but I obviously can't be sure because there;s no power getting to it.
I've emailed support already to enquire about a repair, but I suspect it will be a couple of days before I hear back from them.
I wondered if members here had any idea on how much a repair to the gimbal is likely to cost, and how long it usually takes to complete?