Anyone interested in repairing their Mavic? I got just my Mavic back from repair from
@Thunderdrones and let me tell you this guy is GOOD! I could hardly tell that it was in a 50 mph crash with Terra Firma! You can see the damage in the video at the beginning of this Thread. I hit so hard it pushed the camera/gimbal into the the front grill and busted the cooling fan blades off. The camera still had video but I had the gimbal obstruction message, mmm I wonder why.
But anyway, I sent it to Rob at Thunderdrones after PM'ing back and forth. Sent it on Weds August 2nd and it arrived on Friday on August 4th. I contacted him on Tuesday, August 8th. Rob replied with an estimate of repair and a list of parts needed which included two Front landing legs, Gimbal motor assembly, Front obstacle sensor, Internal cooling fan. I went ahead with the repair. (I do have DJI refresh and Allstate insurance but as punishment to myself for my stupidity, I opted to pay out of pocket, my wife didn't like that!) I received my baby back on Thursday, August 17th.
After calibrating the compass, checking the IMU, I took off, slowly at first using one full battery close by. Then flew two full batteries on a 3800' round trip flight on a empty construction site in the middle of a farmer's field. (added details for the drone police, LOL). Rock solid hover, steady smooth flight and good edge to edge focus!
Rob installed a whole new gimbal/camera assembly rather than just the gimbal motor assembly because he was concerned that the gimbal board might have been overloaded and damaged in someway where it might fail unexpectedly after returning. He gave me an real good discount on the new camera/gimbal assembly because it was his choice to replace it and kept the original quote dollar-wise the same.
Rob is the most honest and honorable businessman I have ever had pleasure to work with during my entire 38 year (and counting) career as a Field Service Technician.
Lesson's learned. When flying, always be visually lined up with the flight path of the Mavic AND reduce the max rate of descent in Modded Sport + mode.
Few pics the Rob sent me.....
