Hello,
I am very new at this, but yesterday, on my 14th flight , (4-month old Phantom-2 with GoPro),...I heard a strange noise , like one of the engines was squealing in the air, (i'm assuming it was overheating) then about 3 minuets later, just started dropping,.. spun down to the ground in an eccentric type of spin, (as if three of the 4 props were still going trying to right the craft)....it wasn't a "dead-drop"
When I found it in the bushes, one of the engines/motors had actually gotten so hot it melted the screw-holes that mount the motor to the Phantom, (the 4 on the bottom of the arm, (the same that would also secure prop-guards))....so they are big wobbly/melted open holes now
So everything seems to work, yet this one engine./motor seems to have melted-out of the phantom,I can post some pics,...just wanted to know if this is a common occurrence with the Phantom, and if there is any way to save this Quad?,....Thanks -Dave
I am very new at this, but yesterday, on my 14th flight , (4-month old Phantom-2 with GoPro),...I heard a strange noise , like one of the engines was squealing in the air, (i'm assuming it was overheating) then about 3 minuets later, just started dropping,.. spun down to the ground in an eccentric type of spin, (as if three of the 4 props were still going trying to right the craft)....it wasn't a "dead-drop"
When I found it in the bushes, one of the engines/motors had actually gotten so hot it melted the screw-holes that mount the motor to the Phantom, (the 4 on the bottom of the arm, (the same that would also secure prop-guards))....so they are big wobbly/melted open holes now
So everything seems to work, yet this one engine./motor seems to have melted-out of the phantom,I can post some pics,...just wanted to know if this is a common occurrence with the Phantom, and if there is any way to save this Quad?,....Thanks -Dave