Cracks

cellis488 · Nov 27, 2016

Hey gays I was flying around yesterday and when I went to land this is what I saw on my bird,not only cracks but a peace had flown off sometime when I was flying. Not good dji.

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Techcop50 · Nov 27, 2016

What bird are you flying? First time I've seen a piece actually go missing...

Mark The Droner · Nov 27, 2016

You probably had that crack for a while and didn't notice it

cellis488 · Nov 27, 2016

P3s

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Techcop50 · Nov 27, 2016

Normally I'd recommend Plast-Aid, but I think that is going to require a new case.

cellis488 · Nov 27, 2016

I guess I need to look more around the motors to see if there are any cracks now

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Techcop50 · Nov 27, 2016

Is it new?

Steve7777 · Nov 27, 2016

cellis488 said:
I guess I need to look more around the motors to see if there are any cracks now

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As you've said, it's clear that there is at least one other crack already, and just on that arm in the pic.

I'd also recommend going for a complete new shell, a relatively small outlay off Ebay or similar, and a couple of hours work. If still under guarantee, easier and cheaper still, but you'll lose your AC for a while.

Or you could bodge it up somehow... but that's probably not the best option, IMHO.

cellis488 · Nov 27, 2016

It's about 11 months old and no crashes and it's never it the ground because I catch it when I land it.

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Steve7777 · Nov 27, 2016

No crashes or not, (and I certainly don't disbelieve you), if you are still able to conveniently fire it into dji under guarantee and get it all sorted then it's got to be worthwhile. Winter's coming up, at least where I am, so there are likely to be fewer flying opportunities. Thus it seems like an ideal time to get it all fixed.