Hello Folks
My drone had what looked like a fairly minor crash with a tree after the unit stopped obeying the transmitters instructions. It was working fine in a very short preflight other than the SD card supposedly not being present. I powered off and powered back on and with seconds of takeoff it became unresponsive. The YouTube video of the crash is
Anyway much to my surprise the gimbal arm is twisted and bent as seen in the attached picture. You may notice a slight uplift on the right hand side on the gimbal.
First is it possible to bend aluminium with a twist without it snapping. It seems applying heat may damage the ribbon and that seems a pain to replace.
Second If using a vice what part of the unit should I attack the device once detached.
This seems to be a common problem
My drone had what looked like a fairly minor crash with a tree after the unit stopped obeying the transmitters instructions. It was working fine in a very short preflight other than the SD card supposedly not being present. I powered off and powered back on and with seconds of takeoff it became unresponsive. The YouTube video of the crash is
Anyway much to my surprise the gimbal arm is twisted and bent as seen in the attached picture. You may notice a slight uplift on the right hand side on the gimbal.
First is it possible to bend aluminium with a twist without it snapping. It seems applying heat may damage the ribbon and that seems a pain to replace.
Second If using a vice what part of the unit should I attack the device once detached.
This seems to be a common problem