Here is a picture of the prop. I can only see a sliver of plastic out of place. The lower threads appear fine.
Bummed. New P3A Crashed. Pls Advise
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Here is a picture of the prop. I can only see a sliver of plastic out of place. The lower threads appear fine.
Really, I think your best option is to buy a new P3 and sell the parts from the crashed bird. The motherboard, camera and controller are worth several hundred each. You would be adding a battery to your pocket. Repair it your self might be an option. But it may end up nickel and diming you to death, and may never fly properly. Paying to have it repaired costs either $65 or $85 an hour.
Calm down dude. I was implying the rebar because the log file is full of compass errors. There was a sidewalk mentioned. Sidewalks and driveways can have rebar in them. Mine does. I get compass errors when I set my P3 on the sidewalk. If you take off from an object or near an object that has metal it will cause compass problems. If the prop spun off in flight and that's known then obviously that's the cause of the crash with the compass errors to follow
Concrete road? Not asphalt ?
Mythical concrete ? I once took off from a concrete picnic table at a park. The flight was all jacked up. I landed recalibrated compass set down picnic table and got compass errors. Moved aircraft away from table on asphalt parking lot and no errors. I don't make this stuff up and not a noob.
Can you post a picture of your damaged P3 shell? I straightened mine myself and it's fine with 50 new flights. I didn't have to buy a shell, not yet anyway.
Two arms are fine. These are pics of the other two arms where damage is visible. The last pic looks like the worst damage.
Just buy a new shell from Amazon. $59 bucks I think. It arrives next day. Took me 6 hours working slow late at night to replace mine but easy work and there is a video on YouTube clearly showing how to do it. The one with no sound. I was up and running better than before but less 59 bucks and some sleep.
alokbhargava
Premium Pilot
Here is the video, part 1 of 6. You get the idea and can find the other 5. I replaced my shell following his and had no issues whatsoever. In fact, you gain learning and appreciation of the drone by doing this, and feel more in control should you ever have another crash. A lot better than just sending it off to/ relying on DJI and hoping you'll get it back in 3 weeks if not 8 weeks.
I would still push it to DJI and see what they will do. I wouldnt mention finding the 4th prop intact though
Hey guys, I've downloaded the flight data .DAT. I can't seem to upload it to the site. I saved it in .csv and xls and pdf but none seem to be accepted here. Suggestions?
alokbhargava
Premium Pilot
As the prop that was missing earlier has no damages to threads, it means it got separated during flight. And that can happen if motor suddenly stops. If this is correct than its engine failure. Am I correct?
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