Good day,
I've crashed the drone a couple times but up until now the only casualty was a broken prop, easily fixed. I bought it used as well so there may be previous crash history I'm unaware of. This latest crash came down through an evergreen tree and landed on a roof, relatively softly compared to other crashes (low battery put it into Go Home Mode, spotty connection and my lack of foresight couldn't stop it in time before it hit the tree). Unfortunately this latest crash created two unwanted issues:
1.The camera gimbal arm now does the crazy dance. I've done the quick fix I found elsewhere on this forum where you just l open up the arm and level that central gear. It worked great for one flight but now has begun doing that again. I've reviewed the instructions on doing a full replacement of the gimbal and I think I can manage that. Open to suggestions if somebody has other ideas though!
2. Sporadic flying (see video). The drone had two broken propellers so I replaced all 4 with some props off Amazon - no idea if they're any good but I can't see them creating the flying problem (XCSOURCE RC042 9450 Self-locking Props CW CCW for DJI Phantom 1 2 3 Vision, 4 Pairs, Toys & Games - Amazon Canada). The app doesn't appear to show any errors, I've re-calibrated the IMU and the gimbal arm, and I've visually inspected the rotors/vacuumed them in case any debris got in. They don't make any unusual sounds and from what I remember, they feel like they always have. My initial guess is that I've partly burned out a rotor or two? There are some cell deviations in the logs but I thought they'd be permanent. Open to any and all suggestions. I've attached the flight logs from the flight and the first flight after the incident. Happy to provide whatever else might help.
Much appreciated.
I'm unable to upload the post-crash flying video so here's a Gdrive link:
drive.google.com
I've crashed the drone a couple times but up until now the only casualty was a broken prop, easily fixed. I bought it used as well so there may be previous crash history I'm unaware of. This latest crash came down through an evergreen tree and landed on a roof, relatively softly compared to other crashes (low battery put it into Go Home Mode, spotty connection and my lack of foresight couldn't stop it in time before it hit the tree). Unfortunately this latest crash created two unwanted issues:
1.The camera gimbal arm now does the crazy dance. I've done the quick fix I found elsewhere on this forum where you just l open up the arm and level that central gear. It worked great for one flight but now has begun doing that again. I've reviewed the instructions on doing a full replacement of the gimbal and I think I can manage that. Open to suggestions if somebody has other ideas though!
2. Sporadic flying (see video). The drone had two broken propellers so I replaced all 4 with some props off Amazon - no idea if they're any good but I can't see them creating the flying problem (XCSOURCE RC042 9450 Self-locking Props CW CCW for DJI Phantom 1 2 3 Vision, 4 Pairs, Toys & Games - Amazon Canada). The app doesn't appear to show any errors, I've re-calibrated the IMU and the gimbal arm, and I've visually inspected the rotors/vacuumed them in case any debris got in. They don't make any unusual sounds and from what I remember, they feel like they always have. My initial guess is that I've partly burned out a rotor or two? There are some cell deviations in the logs but I thought they'd be permanent. Open to any and all suggestions. I've attached the flight logs from the flight and the first flight after the incident. Happy to provide whatever else might help.
Much appreciated.
I'm unable to upload the post-crash flying video so here's a Gdrive link:
Post Crash Flying - Google Drive
drive.google.com
