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Yesterday during my second flight of the day my P2V+ tumbled out of the sky. Luckily it landed almost inverted into a soft grass area. The shell is toast but the rest of it is fine. No damage at all to the camera or gimbal.
The rear black motor is toast and is definitely what caused it to plummet. The ESC were 2.1 and they are fine.
Stuck in a new motor and it actually still flies. But looks more like a wounded duck in flight. I just wanted to make sure all the other components were not damaged.
According to my Flytrex data it was at 178 ft when the poo hit the fan. It was in a straight line of flight and then it just did a tumble of death spiral to the ground. Gravity wins another round.
Does anyone happen to know if the P2V shell is the same as the P2V+ v3.0 shell? I had to replace a shell on my P2V because of cracks that developed where the motors mount. I'm not sure what to order for the P2V+ v 3.0. Rather than have it sit for six weeks at DJI, I will eat the cost of a shell and the motor so I can be flying again in just a couple days.
I will call a couple dealers later when they open, they might know what I need.
This just affirms my decision to wait on ordering a P3V until more is learned on whether it will also have the fall out of the sky syndrome. I consider myself very lucky because it could have been a total loss if it had crashed into something other than soft grass. My P2V+ only had about 25 flights and is only 3.5 months old. So much for "It can't happen to me". Thanks to Flytrex for pin pointing exactly where to find it.
The rear black motor is toast and is definitely what caused it to plummet. The ESC were 2.1 and they are fine.
Stuck in a new motor and it actually still flies. But looks more like a wounded duck in flight. I just wanted to make sure all the other components were not damaged.
According to my Flytrex data it was at 178 ft when the poo hit the fan. It was in a straight line of flight and then it just did a tumble of death spiral to the ground. Gravity wins another round.
Does anyone happen to know if the P2V shell is the same as the P2V+ v3.0 shell? I had to replace a shell on my P2V because of cracks that developed where the motors mount. I'm not sure what to order for the P2V+ v 3.0. Rather than have it sit for six weeks at DJI, I will eat the cost of a shell and the motor so I can be flying again in just a couple days.
I will call a couple dealers later when they open, they might know what I need.
This just affirms my decision to wait on ordering a P3V until more is learned on whether it will also have the fall out of the sky syndrome. I consider myself very lucky because it could have been a total loss if it had crashed into something other than soft grass. My P2V+ only had about 25 flights and is only 3.5 months old. So much for "It can't happen to me". Thanks to Flytrex for pin pointing exactly where to find it.