Ok, I crashed my P3Pro last year, got it tangled in powerlines while trying to maneuver into position to get a specific camera shot, while watching busy traffic on the hiway to keep from getting myself killed. When I retrieved the a/c it was beeping very loudly, about the same rate as the flashing LED on the battery when it's turned on. The gimbal was broken, camera completely severed from the a/c. (It was at an alt of about 43' before the crash, and landed hard on its feet--but from where I was, it looked like it fell in slo-mo, or maybe that's just how I perceived it as my heart was stopped!)
Other than the camera/gimbal damage (and of course the flat flex cable) there didn't seem to be other damage. So, I bought a new camera - gimbal assembly and cable, and replaced them. But whenever I start it up, it continues to beep, and the Go app will not connect to the a/c (I was hoping to see error messages).
I was thinking that the beeping was indicating an ESC damaged, and possibly also one or more motors, because 1) I thought possibly one or more motors were snagged by the wires, and 2) also after it reached the ground it was leaning on 2 props. (Not being very experienced with crashes like that, I forgot to do the emergency shutdown to turn it off, so I didn't turn it off until I walked over to retrieve it. Also, I was still in a state of horror because of my stupidity. I just wasn't thinking right anymore!)
Next, I tried replaying the flight that's recorded in the app (that's a real handy feature!). While watching the a/c move along the flight path, there is a very brief error message "motor obstructed" right before it quickly loses altitude. (The record continues after that, until I walked over and turned the a/c off.)
So, at this point, I have bought the main board and 4 new motors, which I intend to replace. Since I was concerned that, in the future they will be harder to find (I had the old motors and the Part 33 main board, I'm replacing them with the new motors and the Part 96 main board.)
Before I perform that work... does anybody see anything that I'm missing? Anything else I should be doing? I don't want to try to replace components on the board, I'll just replace the whole board. (Maybe in a future repair, if there is one, I might venture to try component level SMD soldering, etc on that dense PCB.)
Also, any tips would be appreciated. (After replacing the parts, I'll do an IMU and compass calibrations, update Firmware, etc.)
Thanks in advance!
Other than the camera/gimbal damage (and of course the flat flex cable) there didn't seem to be other damage. So, I bought a new camera - gimbal assembly and cable, and replaced them. But whenever I start it up, it continues to beep, and the Go app will not connect to the a/c (I was hoping to see error messages).
I was thinking that the beeping was indicating an ESC damaged, and possibly also one or more motors, because 1) I thought possibly one or more motors were snagged by the wires, and 2) also after it reached the ground it was leaning on 2 props. (Not being very experienced with crashes like that, I forgot to do the emergency shutdown to turn it off, so I didn't turn it off until I walked over to retrieve it. Also, I was still in a state of horror because of my stupidity. I just wasn't thinking right anymore!)
Next, I tried replaying the flight that's recorded in the app (that's a real handy feature!). While watching the a/c move along the flight path, there is a very brief error message "motor obstructed" right before it quickly loses altitude. (The record continues after that, until I walked over and turned the a/c off.)
So, at this point, I have bought the main board and 4 new motors, which I intend to replace. Since I was concerned that, in the future they will be harder to find (I had the old motors and the Part 33 main board, I'm replacing them with the new motors and the Part 96 main board.)
Before I perform that work... does anybody see anything that I'm missing? Anything else I should be doing? I don't want to try to replace components on the board, I'll just replace the whole board. (Maybe in a future repair, if there is one, I might venture to try component level SMD soldering, etc on that dense PCB.)
Also, any tips would be appreciated. (After replacing the parts, I'll do an IMU and compass calibrations, update Firmware, etc.)
Thanks in advance!