Aluminium repair?

[richmunton]

Having just had a big crash on maiden voyage( 100s of hours experience with drones) flew behind a tree at the exact moment the sun appeared from behind a cloud and blinded my view of iPhone 6 Plus.. The bird did a good impression of a chainsaw!
The p3p fell about 60 ft and ripped off the camera..
I have ordered a new ribbon as this was ripped off , I have just stripped camera and gimble to remove old ribbon..
My question is " has anyone successfully used an aluminium epoxy resin to weld two bits of broken aluminium??"..
The top arm has sheared in two, I have heated the bent bit and it is now back in shape,, is it possible to fix the two parts with aluminium epoxy?? I have plenty of room to add adhesive either side of the break to help strengthen it..

. Hangs head in shame!

 

[richmunton]

Just had a look at Tbocks plastic yaw arm and it looks good. Anyone used the plastic replacement??? Think I might order one and temp fix mine while I wait for shipment from USA [emoji106]

 

[Ken Taylor]

Just had a look at Tbocks plastic yaw arm and it looks good. Anyone used the plastic replacement??? Think I might order one and temp fix mine while I wait for shipment from USA [emoji106]

I used it and it works very well!
I also had to replace the ribbon cable, at the same time.
Tested it the net day and its as good as new!

 

[richmunton]

Thanks ken, just taken p3p up with no gimble fitted and it still flys well[emoji106] think I am going to order the 3D printed arm[emoji3]

 

[normr]

DJI needs to reengineer that arm, it sounds like it's a very vulnerable part in any crash, it definitely needs at the least to be reinforced, but the best thing would be a complete redesign of the arm and enclose the cable in a sheath or raceway so it's not exposed


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