Recent content by Vere

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    4 propellers came off mid flight

    Thank you everyone for your input. Just went and bought a DJI Phantom 3. The destroyed drone is on its way to DJI USA for analysis. I will let you all know if there is any joy there. Sure will "wrench tighten" the new DJI's props before takeoff. My country (South Africa) is about to pass laws...
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    4 propellers came off mid flight

    Yes props on correct motors. They cannot go onto incorrect motors.
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    4 propellers came off mid flight

    Thank you very much for this link and suggestions on tightening with a wrench. Should I consider another drone brand ? Seems like DJI is the market leader, but my confidence has taken a big knock ! I see elsewhere on these forums that a there are many "unexplained" crashes. Are we perhaps just...
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    4 propellers came off mid flight

    I bought the dji phantom V2+ about 8 weeks ago. Flew it about 10 times with no issues. Yesterday I was taking photos of a friends house. Altitude varied from 30 - 120 feet. Had flown for about 10 minutes and photos were excellent. I was hovering at about 60 feet deciding whether we were finished...