All - I'm in the post-crash test flight planning phase and thought I'd use the knowledge of this forum to help me think through the next steps . . . who knows, maybe this can help others that will be in similar situation in the future.
Background - I "lost situational awareness" (operator error) a few weeks ago; my P2 w/GP (no FPV) hit a limb and fell about 20 feet damaging one arm. The battery and zenmuse 2D/GP separated, but remained close to the P2 (almost no horizontal movement when contacting tree). Assessment: gimbal, GP and battery are ok and will be tested after I get the P2 back into flight mode. Post-crash (known) equipment need: 1) new shell (or repair the bent arm) 2) new ESC (visibly bent) 3) new gimbal mount.
I have rec'd the new ESC and will replace soon. I elected to try and heat/bend/repair the arm vice buying new shell (I will order a new one if flight doesn't seem normal) and to my surprise the repair actually might get me back into the air to evaluate the rest of the equipment needs. I have a new mount on order, but I'm in no hurry to get the GP/Gimbal back on and return to my hobby flying around collecting GBs of video that I've really not done much with so far . . . still cutting my teeth on video editing.
My plan a) mount new ESC b) update firmware c) conduct test flight. Then I should know whether a knew shell is needed and maybe the new gimbal mount will arrive at which point I can verify no gimbal damage (connectors actually appear fine).
My questions are:
1) is there anything else I need to do prior to battery install and power up?
2) besides updated firmware is there any diagnostics that I need to do?
3) any lessons learned that I should expect from anyone that has heated/bent the arm back?
I have some pic's that I may post if that's of value and of course the famous crash video that I may actually convert/upload at some point. Thankx in advance~
dc
Background - I "lost situational awareness" (operator error) a few weeks ago; my P2 w/GP (no FPV) hit a limb and fell about 20 feet damaging one arm. The battery and zenmuse 2D/GP separated, but remained close to the P2 (almost no horizontal movement when contacting tree). Assessment: gimbal, GP and battery are ok and will be tested after I get the P2 back into flight mode. Post-crash (known) equipment need: 1) new shell (or repair the bent arm) 2) new ESC (visibly bent) 3) new gimbal mount.
I have rec'd the new ESC and will replace soon. I elected to try and heat/bend/repair the arm vice buying new shell (I will order a new one if flight doesn't seem normal) and to my surprise the repair actually might get me back into the air to evaluate the rest of the equipment needs. I have a new mount on order, but I'm in no hurry to get the GP/Gimbal back on and return to my hobby flying around collecting GBs of video that I've really not done much with so far . . . still cutting my teeth on video editing.
My plan a) mount new ESC b) update firmware c) conduct test flight. Then I should know whether a knew shell is needed and maybe the new gimbal mount will arrive at which point I can verify no gimbal damage (connectors actually appear fine).
My questions are:
1) is there anything else I need to do prior to battery install and power up?
2) besides updated firmware is there any diagnostics that I need to do?
3) any lessons learned that I should expect from anyone that has heated/bent the arm back?
I have some pic's that I may post if that's of value and of course the famous crash video that I may actually convert/upload at some point. Thankx in advance~
dc
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