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So today the unthinkable happened. Clipped a tree limb at 85 feet going 45 mph and had to watch as the quad flung a** over elbow 85 feet through a forest to the ground.
It wasnt pretty when i got there.
3 props busted
landing gear bent in, and unusable
Gimbal disconnected at the rear motor.
Turns out the camera was fine, and once i cleaned the small pieces of broken magnet (from the inside of the motor ring, and it wasnt much at all) it fit back together like a champ. Everything seems to work like new. I need to replace the landing gear of course.
I feel i got really really lucky on this one.
Unfortunately no video of the crash, as the battery popped slightly out and the write never got committed to the micro sd.
The only slight issue is the camera is tilted a little bit, but ill manage to fix that here soon.
This prompted me to buy the ebay gimbal camera protector thing.
PS also lost my GPS unit i had stuck to the quad (it wasnt working anyway)...
Just thought id share a story.
good night.
It wasnt pretty when i got there.
3 props busted
landing gear bent in, and unusable
Gimbal disconnected at the rear motor.
Turns out the camera was fine, and once i cleaned the small pieces of broken magnet (from the inside of the motor ring, and it wasnt much at all) it fit back together like a champ. Everything seems to work like new. I need to replace the landing gear of course.
I feel i got really really lucky on this one.
Unfortunately no video of the crash, as the battery popped slightly out and the write never got committed to the micro sd.
The only slight issue is the camera is tilted a little bit, but ill manage to fix that here soon.
This prompted me to buy the ebay gimbal camera protector thing.
PS also lost my GPS unit i had stuck to the quad (it wasnt working anyway)...
Just thought id share a story.
good night.