Crack

Deleted member 62848 · Nov 17, 2018

Can't fly due to wind so checking and find this,the blue dot where crack stop,,never hit nothing with the back so that strange,batt still lock good,
How to stop,best option drill small hole or glue or new shell

WV. Rootman · Nov 17, 2018

If it's under warranty, contact DJI. Don't mess with it.

If it's out of warranty, drill the hole and and glue it. Watch it closely and fly on. I had the same crack on my P4 and I glued it. Never had any battery problems. Yea, the one that the props flew off and crashed. LOL Well, DJI was prompt to send me a faulty replacement. That one had an intermittent battery error. It's still in the bottom of Black water canyon. I haven't dropped the case yet.

Deleted member 62848 · Nov 17, 2018

WV. Rootman said:
If it's under warranty, contact DJI. Don't mess with it.

If it's out of warranty, drill the hole and and glue it. Watch it closely and fly on. I had the same crack on my P4 and I glued it. Never had any battery problems. Yea, the one that the props flew off and crashed. LOL Well, DJI was prompt to send me a faulty replacement. That one had an intermittent battery error. It's still in the bottom of Black water canyon. I haven't dropped the case yet.

Yeh long out of warranty,out with the drill soon

WV. Rootman · Nov 17, 2018

You don't have any smaller drill bits? LOL
Read the old posts about good ways to glue. Best of luck!
See if you can't glue some from the back.

Deleted member 62848 · Nov 17, 2018

WV. Rootman said:
You don't have any smaller drill bits? LOL
Read the old posts about good ways to glue. Best of luck!
See if you can't glue some from the back.

Yip me kiwi,,it was already in da drill so I use it,lucky it not a 10mm+ drill bit or I have big hole,,aahhh it's all good it will help let some

heat out

Meta4 · Nov 17, 2018

ianzone said:
Can't fly due to wind so checking and find this,the blue dot where crack stop,,never hit nothing with the back so that strange,batt still lock good,
How to stop,best option drill small hole or glue or new shell

The best solution is a shell transplant.

A few weeks ago as I turned my Phantom around to hand-catch, I noticed the battery was not properly latched and there was a big gap below the battery.
Closer examination revealed the cause was a big crack.

The drone was sent away the next day to get the shell replaced.
Your battery security is not something you want to mess with.

Deleted member 62848 · Nov 17, 2018

Wow that looks like how mine was heading,,I did have shell but gave away last year,,oh well that better be in my xmas stocking,,,thanks for pic

JulieP4 · Nov 26, 2018

Not the same location but I also notice a crack on the body of the drone last week

WV. Rootman · Nov 26, 2018

That looks like a bad crack, Julie. If it's under warranty I'd send it back. If it's not under warranty, I would open it up and glue the back side of it to reinforce it.

JulieP4 · Nov 26, 2018

WV. Rootman said:
That looks like a bad crack, Julie. If it's under warranty I'd send it back. If it's not under warranty, I would open it up and glue the back side of it to reinforce it.

Hello Rootman yes at the beginning I tought it was nothing but When I install new props on the P4P pro it start to shake see the video of the bird
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So I send it back !!

WV. Rootman · Nov 26, 2018

Possibly that could be the new props. I could be wrong. Still, report it to DJI service. Make them fix their mistakes.

Dragonfly Joe · Nov 26, 2018

Best of luck on the repair ianzone . Please let us know how the repair goes.

Ansia · Nov 26, 2018

WV. Rootman said:
Possibly that could be the new props. I could be wrong. Still, report it to DJI service. Make them fix their mistakes.

You can hear the inastibility of the sound, but can only observe 1 arm vibrating. Since it isn’t structural sound, it reverberates all over.

JulieP4 · Dec 7, 2018

They decided to replace the drone instead of fixing it and they did not mention what the problem was, they just ship a new drone with a new serial number.

Dragonfly Joe · Dec 8, 2018

JulieP4 said:
They decided to replace the drone instead of fixing it and they did not mention what the problem was, they just ship a new drone with a new serial number.

That's the best possible scenario JulieP4, thanks for the update. Hope it doesn't take too long.

Erised · Dec 13, 2018

I had pretty much the same crack on my P4 over one year ago. My first attempt to fix was a capillary type Locktite 420 glue (5cp) like water that did not hold very long just a couple of flights, then I glued with Locktite 414 (110cp) more like syrup, I made a very small bead of glue over the full length of the crack and about 2mm wide, I gently spreaded the crack to permit glue to get it then mated it tight and flush, I did not wipe off the bead that remained on top of the crack. Over a year now and it's still holding.