Just crashed!!!!

ddh1313 · Mar 16, 2016

In an earlier post you mentioned it might have cracked during a previous incident. Is this just speculation or was there an actual previous incident that you know for sure the props struck something?

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jptsr1 · Mar 16, 2016

ddh1313 said:
In an earlier post you mentioned it might have cracked during a previous incident. Is this just speculation or was there an actual previous incident that you know for sure the props struck something?

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Nope. First crash, but anythings possible. At 400 feet with my eyes a 747 could bump it and I probably wouldn't see it.

ddh1313 · Mar 16, 2016

Haha... interesting. I'm normally very confident in the P3's reliability with the exception of these occasional unexplained prop failure stories. Good to see your back to it though.

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Holrits · Mar 16, 2016

msinger said:
They will auto discharge down to a safe storage level. Don't press the button on the batteries (it'll prevent them from discharging).

So if i Press the button on The battery once to se The level of it and it is at example 80% it wont discharge after ny 2 days i have set in the app??

bam41 · Mar 16, 2016

jptsr1 said:
Nope. First crash, but anythings possible. At 400 feet with my eyes a 747 could bump it and I probably wouldn't see it.

What did you do with your damaged copter?

Not A Speck Of Cereal · Mar 16, 2016

Only you can know the best what happened, but if you asked me to guess (and I'm assuming that the props are official DJI props and not 3rd party), I would say that the prop that came off did that first, and the broken prop happened on the crash landing.

jptsr1 · Mar 23, 2016

bam41 said:
What did you do with your damaged copter?

Nothing, Its sitting on top of my printer in my office.

bam41 · Mar 24, 2016

jptsr1 said:
Nothing, Its sitting on top of my printer in my office.

If you would like to sell, shoot me an email at [email protected]

happydays · Mar 24, 2016

Holrits said:
So if i Press the button on The battery once to se The level of it and it is at example 80% it wont discharge after ny 2 days i have set in the app??

Nope, it will start the drain period that you have set in the app (default 10 days) back to day 1. So if your battery is at 80% and you are on 10 day default, if you press the battery on day 9, you will have to wait another 10 days before discharge starts again.

dwcola · Mar 24, 2016

Are P2 props still available with the metal inserts?

happydays · Mar 24, 2016

dwcola said:
Are P2 props still available with the metal inserts?

DO NOT USE P2 PROPS WITH A P3.

They are not designed to be used with a P3.

soulphantomflyer · Mar 24, 2016

happydays said:
DO NOT USE P2 PROPS WITH A P3.

They are not designed to be used with a P3.

How are they different?

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happydays · Mar 24, 2016

soulphantomflyer said:
How are they different?

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Metal insert props are not designed to be used with the P3. This was well documented when the P3 came out over a year ago. Stick with stock props.

soulphantomflyer · Mar 24, 2016

happydays said:
Metal insert props are not designed to be used with the P3. This was well documented when the P3 came out over a year ago. Stick with stock props.

I believe you and I am sure it is well documented somewhere. But humor me from mechanical science point of view, what is so different in the motor tread design/material between phantom 2 and 3 that prevent the use of metal insert prop on phantom 3?

Thank you

happydays · Mar 25, 2016

soulphantomflyer said:
I believe you and I am sure it is well documented somewhere. But humor me from mechanical science point of view, what is so different in the motor tread design/material between phantom 2 and 3 that prevent the use of metal insert prop on phantom 3?

Thank you

Well, I'm no metallurgist! I'm an accountant! It was something to do with the composite being designed to grip on the metal threads so as not to allow props flying off when active braking was deployed. Metal to metal, in order to enjoy the same grip levels would have to be excessively tightened, which in turn would put additional strain on the hubs and could cause them to split or crack and the prop to become loose.

Something like that.

peterepeat69 · Mar 25, 2016

Almost hit the "buy it now "on a new advanced then I read this thread. Oh dear

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With The Birds · Mar 25, 2016

happydays said:
Well, I'm no metallurgist! I'm an accountant! It was something to do with the composite being designed to grip on the metal threads so as not to allow props flying off when active braking was deployed. Metal to metal, in order to enjoy the same grip levels would have to be excessively tightened, which in turn would put additional strain on the hubs and could cause them to split or crack and the prop to become loose.

Something like that.

Accountant or not that description is good enough for me not to need to post... Beautifully explained.

jptsr1 · Mar 29, 2016

peterepeat69 said:
Almost hit the "buy it now "on a new advanced then I read this thread. Oh dear

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Shouldn't keep you from buying. All signs point to it being my error. Now DJI's customer service, maybe that should keep you from buying. My next drone definitely wont be DJI.

anykill · Mar 29, 2016

I think you tight to hard... I did it one day and my props loose screw
Sorry for my bad english

RafaelS · Mar 29, 2016

jptsr1 said:
Shouldn't keep you from buying. All signs point to it being my error. Now DJI's customer service, maybe that should keep you from buying. My next drone definitely wont be DJI.

If you like to brake hard why don't you use carbon fiber blades?? They're definitely stronger than the plastic ones.