Worth buying?

GaryDZ · Feb 25, 2016

For those of you that have crashed or landed hard and damaged your camera and/or gimbal, do you think these would have made a difference?
Retention Pins for Camera

phantomlova · Feb 25, 2016

Zip tie is your friend

robsquad · Feb 25, 2016

^ what he said ^^^^^^

ACC · Feb 25, 2016

Price seems just a mite steep?? Zip ties sound more reasonable!

lookin4pain · Feb 25, 2016

tie wraps if you can't afford zip ties

(you can usually find them on a loaf of bread)

alokbhargava · Feb 25, 2016

Stock pins are good enough. You can buy additional thru Amazon.

TWP723 · Feb 25, 2016

Mechanics wire. $5 for a 25ft roll. Many uses. Bends as easy as a twist tie but 4 times stronger. But one question. Are we sure the original pins aren't purposely designed to break away? To limit damage to the support?

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Mal_PV2_Ireland · Feb 25, 2016

A lot of us over the years have gotten rid of the drop pins and replaced them with zip ties

robinb · Feb 25, 2016

Yup zip ties but very loose.

The lock pins can break and camera cable get torn.

exit 4 · Feb 25, 2016

Zip ties have it. Cheap and easily replaced.

MedinaTaylor · Feb 25, 2016

Why does it only have two stock pins?

Wouldn't 4 provide more support?

Mal_PV2_Ireland · Feb 25, 2016

MedinaTaylor said:
Why does it only have two stock pins?

Wouldn't 4 provide more support?

Having 2 is a bad design as it is, nevermind having 4 IMHO

Mal_PV2_Ireland · Feb 25, 2016

TWP723 said:
Mechanics wire. $5 for a 25ft roll. Many uses. Bends as easy as a twist tie but 4 times stronger. But one question. Are we sure the original pins aren't purposely designed to break away? To limit damage to the support?

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The problem is they dont break away and I think this leads to a bigger shock to the camera, resulting in a snapped yaw arm and torn ribbon cable

TWP723 · Feb 25, 2016

Mal_PV2_Ireland said:
The problem is they dont break away and I think this leads to a bigger shock to the camera, resulting in a snapped yaw arm and torn ribbon cable

Seems to me they need a better design. Or stronger..more durable components. But I guess it's spot on when it comes to price point.

Mal_PV2_Ireland · Feb 25, 2016

Thats why we've been snapping them off and using zip ties since they came out on the p2v+

TWP723 · Feb 25, 2016

Yeah, I guess zip ties do make sense but man, c'mon DJI. $1000 drone and they can't come up with anything better than that? A plastic toothpick? Sheesh.

Mal_PV2_Ireland · Feb 25, 2016

TWP723 said:
Yeah, I guess zip ties do make sense but man, c'mon DJI. $1000 drone and they can't come up with anything better than that? A plastic toothpick? Sheesh.

When you've been using dji products for years you dont get surprised anymore