On my 26th flight I was ascending my P3P (my 3rd phantom) slowly at about 140 feet when it just started flying very fast at an angle toward the ground. The gimbal broke, shell split open, battery top came off, It didn't look repairable. Called DJI, two weeks later UPS delivered a new P3P with the new motors and a new controller. No battery, they said they would send one but nothing yet.
A week later I was flying too low and too fast up the Colorado river, hit a bush. The P3P fell into two feet of water. It took me about 15 minutes to reach the crash site. There was no damage due to the crash except for the battery which is dead. After a 30 minute drive home, I blew it out with my air compressor for about an hour. Set it in the sun for a few hours. It looked dry so I fired it up with no props , everything but the GPS worked perfectly. The next morning the GPS started working. It's flying normal and the photos and video look the same.
I'm out two batteries, I guess I can live with that.
A week later I was flying too low and too fast up the Colorado river, hit a bush. The P3P fell into two feet of water. It took me about 15 minutes to reach the crash site. There was no damage due to the crash except for the battery which is dead. After a 30 minute drive home, I blew it out with my air compressor for about an hour. Set it in the sun for a few hours. It looked dry so I fired it up with no props , everything but the GPS worked perfectly. The next morning the GPS started working. It's flying normal and the photos and video look the same.
I'm out two batteries, I guess I can live with that.