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Yep, brand new. A new motor will be here tomorrow to replace the one with the most damage. I'll probably use a die on the other 3. Thanks for all your help to everyone who has replied to this.

That's the confusing part. Even if the gimbal is angled all the way down you should never see any part of the drone. Could it be that the motor failed or reversed somehow, causing the drone to tilt before the prop flew off completely? The camera would stay steady through some of that which...

Definitely looks like the landing gear to me. Put the video in 0.25x speed and it definitely seems to match up with what the P3 landing gear looks like. White, round edges, and with a little nub of black padding. Seems unlikely that it would be an artifact caused by the recovery of the video...

That's awesome! Does he sell them? I'd totally buy a wrap for my P3 assuming I could get it in a particular camo I'm a fan of :P

The drone is never unattended, and if it's not being flown its sitting in a safe spot. Haven't quite invested in a case yet, so that of course makes the list of possible hazards fairly long. I transport it generally just sitting in the back seat of the car with a sweatshirt or some other form of...

I figure as long as the props are secured and tight I should be good to go. The bottom threads should really the only ones that matter. I'll definitely be ordering a new motor or two though here soon.

My Phantom 3 Standard has never been crashed, dropped, or hit against anything (to my knowledge), and it's only been flown maybe 8 times. However, the threads on the motors are all slightly damaged somehow, with damage ranging from "barely noticeable" to "I had to take a knife and bend the...