I'm Ken(blade strike) Ed is Tahoe Ed.No worries Tahoe Ed. We understand you guys are not HQ. It's just that some of us who have experienced cracks since P1, sometimes within days of purchase without any crash whatsoever, tend to feel that this little issue seems to get very little attention when compared to gimbal misalignments and the like. But for us folks, are we are many, maybe much more if folks bothered to look, feel like new boat owners with hull delamination while the gelcoat is still fresh. To a lesser degree, of course, but the same kind of feeling. For me personally, hull integrity, shell integrity, is paramount. I personally lost two phantoms to GPS loss but never said one word about it in these or any forums. I view those as a part of dealing with avant garde technology and in all honesty I manned up both times. Simply because there were clear signals on both instances of being a bad GPS connectivity days. I ignored those warnings and paid the price. I manned up and bought new craft the same day and chalked it up to a mixture of unfavorable conditions that sometimes no technology can overcome. After all, planes go down every year for the same circumstances. Hell, my mother survived an airplane crash on 3/11/1967 in Brazil so I will never, ever post in here regarding any issue as a result of over reliance on the instruments. But hull integrity, shell integrity, fuselage integrity, there is no new technology to this. This is as old school an issue as it gets and would be extremely easy to adress by just a matter of material thickness. Even issues related to screw torque can be rectified and become non issues, by again, material thickness. I've stated before that shells never crack around the battery area or really anywhere inwards of the lights on a phantom. Anyone who has ever opened a shell has to admit that the shell is disturbingly thin near the motor area. DJI has had two generations following phantom 1 to adress this. The new upper/lower clips aren't enough. If I sound at times a little angry it is because I am. I bought two phantom 3 craft because I expected cracks to come again. After two weeks I actually started thinking it was in haste until someone here, the first poster, showed his cracks. Cracks of a nature different than the usual P2 cracks. These mainly around the side by side screw hole area. A still very thin area. It must be improved. I love DJI's products and am a loyal buyer. But the arm attachment area must be improved by material thickness because cracks like this on uncrashed craft is unacceptable. All my flights are logged and can be verified for lack of crashes. I've never crashed any phantom. I want no new shell. I want no new craft. In fact I'm willing to pay 2 grand right now for a phantom 3 whose arms do not crack. And no, I don't want an inspire. If it were about price I would not have bought two craft. What I and others want at this point is a phantom that maintains structural integrity when flown as advertised. It's expected but still not delivered. As of now the ends of the arms on my P3 are glued on the seam. They feel stiffer than new. I will report back on the results. While some will not accept not being able to split a shell, I don't think DJI wanted the P3 to be opened anyway. Hence the torx screws this time around. Besides, I'm willing to replace a tired shell if I needed to replace a motor. Light bridge componentry is in the back of the craft externally anyway. Thanks for passing any info to DJI Tahoe.
Maybe dji can adjust torque specs on the assembly line. Hopefully they will increase the thickness of the shell as well.
