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I've been busy with work, but I glued the thing tuesday night, and today I took a brief, but successful, test flight, with no issues of any kind.

I've tried to flex the arm up that far by hand without success. I'm sure I COULD wrench it that far but it would not end well for any of the parts involved; I have a hard time imagining it happening in flight without the arm coming entirely off. Top of the pin is in place and looks good...

Looking good here:

I took it apart that night and looked it over, didn't spot anything obviously broken or different from the other side, but I didn't know what to look for at the time.

Not that these images have told me anything, but the initial "tumble" occurred between these two photos, specifically while I was ascending to take the second. I was hoping I'd see a smoking gun like somebody holding a rock, but no luck. I did choose this parking lot to fly over due to it...

Is the loose part load-bearing? I'm curious if it's the symptom or the cause. "something loose somewhere" isn't really helpful; I've wiggled the arm and motor both extensively and I can't make the prop touch the body without flexing the prop itself. It bonked the wall in March. Since then I...

Hope he does! The arms aren't too expensive on amazon; are there problems with counterfeits on there? I did have a minor crash a few months ago.. lost GPS about 18 inches off the ground and drifted into a wall, drone flipped and landed upside down. No damage but four ruined props. I don't...

Can that piece be glued back in (it appears to have been glued originally) or is that arm toast?

There's dirt and grass from how it landed; if it hit a branch where it was, the branch was dropped from orbit.

This piece is loose.

Yes, all 4 props were purchased along with the drone from the Apple store when I bought it.

I wasn't in sport mode at any point during this flight. I don't see any damage in that area: I do use sport mode occasionally, but only to get from A to B faster, I don't do any acrobatics or whatever the kids are into with these.

I'll be using the template from the sticky post, but first, the full story of the issue: Today I was hovering around 100 feet when the camera feed jumped around. It was only for a second and then it stabilized again. I was confused but kept flying. Then it happened again. And again. At that...

I have never found it difficult to catch the drone in hand without disabling safety features.

Same username as here. :D Nick (@skiddyfisk) • Instagram photos and videos