Downgrading to Advanced model

[Dermot]

Hi all
I have a P3P that did a flyaway then dropped out of sky and broke the gimbal,
I was wondering if it might be better to buy a P3A bird only (no remote or charger) at 685 euro that comes with a battery and two sets of props then risk getting existing P3P repaired, I don't have any way of viewing 4K videos anyway. Will my existing Professional Remote Control work fine on a different Advanced birdie ?

 

[Rypper1]

Unless I'm mistaken, the RC is the same. And if your camera is good you can put it on the Advanced and turn it into a Pro. Just have to update to the Pro FW if I remember reading correctly. I'm sure someone that has done that can tell you for sure.

 

[flpholt]

yes rc are the same

 

[heydave23]

Have you seen that autel x star premium? It's getting good reviews and the gimbal is supposedly removable. That could of saved me a new gimbal.

 

[flpholt]

Have you seen that autel x star premium? It's getting good reviews and the gimbal is supposedly removable. That could of saved me a new gimbal.

you mean the pumpkin

 

[DroneDestination]

Have you seen that autel x star premium? It's getting good reviews and the gimbal is supposedly removable. That could of saved me a new gimbal.

If your gimbal breaks, you can replace it. How would a removable gimbal save your camera?

 

[flpholt]

cause you can just slide it off and slip on new one without any hassle

 

[DroneDestination]

But, just because it is easier to replace doesn't mean it would have "saved him a new gimbal"

 

[CenLA]

I've actually done this. When I crashed my P3P I bought a new P3A body only after shopping EBay and got a great price. It had the Adv red stripes and decal on it, but I was able to mount my P3P 4K camera and gimbal and updated to the latest P3P firmware.

I later discovered I had a camera issue (it got wet after the crash) though I was still flying but without the benefit of snapping pics or recording video. I found a replacement camera and all is well again. I did have to sync the remote controller with the Adv body but that took a whole minute.