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DattaGroover - best of luck to you. I don't look forward to that process.
Upon further inspection this morning, it looks like one of the props came off!. the other 3 props were either sheared off on impact or badly damaged. The 4th rotor had no prop. I looked all over for it around the crash site to no avail. I always give these a nice snug tightening after spinning them on, so I know it had nothing to do with how I put them on (I even double checked in my pre-flight). After reading a bit more on how this could potentially happen, sounds like maybe a motor failure either locking up, changing direction or something similar could spin off a prop?? Sounds rare, but not sure what else it could be.
Since I just received this 3 days ago, bought through Amazon, using my Amex, I am almost inclined to send it back and get a replacement unit this way, after hearing some horror stories about DJI warranty, and the fact that it could take 6+ weeks (unacceptable IMO). I feel like I would be on trial or something - after spending $1300 for a defective unit, to wait weeks, to only have them subjectively determine whether or not to replace it?? Any thoughts?
Here are all of the pics: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jlrwieleltlqyu1/AADJxWJh_Y4L2RXhCUN1ndRka?dl=0
My first quad. PV2. I was an idiot and about a year ago when I got it, flew it without reading everything. It hit a tree, crashed on concrete and was a goner. Called Amazon.. Told them the exact story. Said it crashed and it doesn't work. They sent me a brand new one, sent the other one back as they needed to finalize the return as the refund was guaranteed until they got it....2 days later I received an email saying my refund was approved after they received it... Not sure if this still can happen for you, but it worked last year.