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I bought my phantom 3 pro from B&H photo in NYC two weeks ago. Today I was flying and got it caught in an American flag that was blowing in the wind. The phantom fell from about 20 feet and landed on an unforgiving wooden boardwalk below.
I called B&H and was told they don't any service on phantom 3s and that I need to call DJI (arrg, that was the whole reason I bought it from them)
Anyway I took it inside, bent back the battery clip on which was a little bent. Got the battery back in, started it up and motors seem to be spinning ok.
I've been evaluating the damage and I *think* it should be able to self fix it. But I could use all y'all's help figuring out a few things.
Here's the basic damage:
So, gimbal looks ok, definitely should replace the gimbal mount or glue it... there's also a pinch in the plastic shell which I def can't fix but I also don't think matters -- please tell me otherwise if I'm crazy!
In the pic below, Any advice for getting this white plastic piece back on those wires? That is where it goes yeah?
In the below pic, should something plug into that (where I'm pointing)? Am I missing a part?
Is the error message about interference a result of that unplugged wire? Or is it evidence of a deeper problem?
Lastly in the below pic, it feels like its scraping that trackpad-like surface a bit. Is that normal? The camera doesn't turn left right so I'm not sure why it would need to move in that direction..
Lastly, I cannot for the life of me figure out where this screw might have popped out from. It's a phillipshead which there aren't that many of on the shell. Any ideas?
THANK YOU FOR all help and advice you can offer!
Jonathan
I called B&H and was told they don't any service on phantom 3s and that I need to call DJI (arrg, that was the whole reason I bought it from them)
Anyway I took it inside, bent back the battery clip on which was a little bent. Got the battery back in, started it up and motors seem to be spinning ok.
I've been evaluating the damage and I *think* it should be able to self fix it. But I could use all y'all's help figuring out a few things.
Here's the basic damage:
So, gimbal looks ok, definitely should replace the gimbal mount or glue it... there's also a pinch in the plastic shell which I def can't fix but I also don't think matters -- please tell me otherwise if I'm crazy!
In the pic below, Any advice for getting this white plastic piece back on those wires? That is where it goes yeah?
In the below pic, should something plug into that (where I'm pointing)? Am I missing a part?
Is the error message about interference a result of that unplugged wire? Or is it evidence of a deeper problem?
Lastly in the below pic, it feels like its scraping that trackpad-like surface a bit. Is that normal? The camera doesn't turn left right so I'm not sure why it would need to move in that direction..
Lastly, I cannot for the life of me figure out where this screw might have popped out from. It's a phillipshead which there aren't that many of on the shell. Any ideas?
THANK YOU FOR all help and advice you can offer!
Jonathan