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A couple links that would have been useful to mention earlier on. Phantom 3 Professional - Specs, FAQ, Tutorials, Downloads and DJI GO - DJI DJI Phantom 3 Professional Accessories & Tips - Phantom Help

Mine had the entire ESC board drop out from a crash. I soldered it back on and wrapped wire around the main PCB to connect lines where the pads were ripped off: Crash Repair (Ongoing) Yours is amazingly intact (based on the photo) given a crash.

Batteries During this repair, one form of trauma I noticed is within the rear battery bay. As the weight of the craft shifted during crash, the battery end took out a strut which attempted to protect the central core of the main craft PCB. As mentioned in my first post, the central core...

Thanks, all, for the DMs, suggestions, and offers. I've decided not to go this route after all for the time being.

Folks, I'm looking for a cheap DJI-official P3 battery, stone dead, that I can mangle to create as much documentation on as possible. Ideally, the smart circuitry will still be functional, but I'd like anything at this point that will be recognized as an official DJI battery and which can...

New internal SD card installation I added the new SD card, wedged my hot glue gun tip between the case, PCB, and wire arrays to add a thick drop to hold the card and bracket in place, then tested the arrangement out via Flight Data Mode. Interestingly, on my Mac, the volume wouldn't mount, but...

Since I just took the craft apart again to get the SD Card, here's a photo of my poor approach at shock dampening, a solution that works fine even if not ideal: Those foam pieces are all held in place with a single dab of hot glue. They get compressed when the top goes back on and hold the...

Regarding drone repair... I posted this in another thread, but am repeating it here for those who are considering their own repairs: Much of the camera can be replaced fairly cheaply outside of the primary logic board. When you find damage on that level--and you might not through visual...

Internal SD Card (Flight recorder data) As mentioned earlier, one of the errors I'm seeing is "Data Recording Error". I had thought this was crash-related, but am confident it's related to a dead SD card stored in the Phantom, internally, just above the battery compartment. This SD card...

DJI Go & Controller Sync I have to commend the person who sold me their 2nd-hand controller. It arrived fast and fully charged, something that worked out well considering my lack of power supply at the time. My initial experience with the DJI Go app for iOS was not positive. The app was...

The backpack, charger, propellers, and small OEM accessories all arrived yesterday. Can't believe how fast these these parts shipped. They're in both new & near-new condition and cost less than items in much worse shape.

unit338 and Avocet: Thanks for the encouragement and story! There are plenty who say repair isn't practical, can be equally expensive as buying reconditioned or used, and that the units will never be 100%. All that's probably true, but the joy is in the journey otherwise you wouldn't have so...

I've started putting the forensics of my crash repair here, just in case you want to see some of the oddities I discovered: Crash Repair (Ongoing)

One thing I didn't mention in the timespan above: Just a day after buying this unit and bringing it to my office to inspect, our university building had a huge fire. The water and smoke damage throughout the (very large) building was so substantial that it was weeks before I could go back in...

Hello, all. New member here. There's certainly no small number of "crash" threads here on PhantomPilots, but I thought I'd add my own story from a different perspective: I'm starting off as someone who found a crashed P3P on Facebook Marketplace and felt the challenge to make it fly again for...