I got a Phantom 3 advanced from someone that had crashed it pretty bad completely pilot error. They didnt want it anymore and are giving up on the drones so gave it to me for free.
They completely lost the camera , popped the shell open a little , lost one of the antennas on the landing gear. and landing gear is bent and deformed. It seems to have landed very hard straight down on its landing gear since the gears bent and deformed and i am not seeing any kind of damage to the top of it or on the ends of any of the arms.
I decided to see if it would still start up and fly after popping the shell back together where it was open a little. I hooked it up to the go app and did a IMU calibration and it completed , did a compass calibration. it started and flys really well even with one antenna missing. I flew it once just for a quick test, then the second time i flew it for about 15 minutes checking the led indicators on the battery to make sure it didnt die while i was flying and it flew fine both times and holds position even in gusty wind.
The problems are as follows. it shows up as a P3 professional on the go app, shows obstructed motor, and none of the info is showing up on the app as far as battery info, signal info . i haven't flown it out far or higher then 60 feet , the RTH works fine . my question is, could the missing antenna be causing the telemetry not to show on the app. and what would cause it to show obstructed motor when all of the motors are working fine? Oh on healthy drones it is showing up as an inspire.
I already ordered a shell , landing gear and 4 new antennas plus the cables for the camera the long one that goes into the body was broken and before i flew it i made sure none of the conductors were touching each other on it just as not to have anything short out on it. Im planning on replacing the shell, and all the broken parts except for the camera to see what happens. I dont want to invest in a new gimbal and camera unless i can correct the other problems.
Thanks for any Information or input in advance.
They completely lost the camera , popped the shell open a little , lost one of the antennas on the landing gear. and landing gear is bent and deformed. It seems to have landed very hard straight down on its landing gear since the gears bent and deformed and i am not seeing any kind of damage to the top of it or on the ends of any of the arms.
I decided to see if it would still start up and fly after popping the shell back together where it was open a little. I hooked it up to the go app and did a IMU calibration and it completed , did a compass calibration. it started and flys really well even with one antenna missing. I flew it once just for a quick test, then the second time i flew it for about 15 minutes checking the led indicators on the battery to make sure it didnt die while i was flying and it flew fine both times and holds position even in gusty wind.
The problems are as follows. it shows up as a P3 professional on the go app, shows obstructed motor, and none of the info is showing up on the app as far as battery info, signal info . i haven't flown it out far or higher then 60 feet , the RTH works fine . my question is, could the missing antenna be causing the telemetry not to show on the app. and what would cause it to show obstructed motor when all of the motors are working fine? Oh on healthy drones it is showing up as an inspire.
I already ordered a shell , landing gear and 4 new antennas plus the cables for the camera the long one that goes into the body was broken and before i flew it i made sure none of the conductors were touching each other on it just as not to have anything short out on it. Im planning on replacing the shell, and all the broken parts except for the camera to see what happens. I dont want to invest in a new gimbal and camera unless i can correct the other problems.
Thanks for any Information or input in advance.
