Cracked front left landing gear

[Deleted Member 997]

Should I mail this back to be fixed? Or use some gorilla glue and leave it as it is?

 

[Thomas B]

Send it back. Likely unseen damage.

more if you’re comfortable by a whole new arm and replace the damaged one.

 

[Deleted Member 997]

Send it back. Likely unseen damage.

more if you’re comfortable by a whole new arm and replace the damaged one.

I did it. I just crashed it

 

[Deleted Member 997]

Send it back. Likely unseen damage.

more if you’re comfortable by a whole new arm and replace the damaged one.

I think I'll hold out till my DJI insurance runs out and get a new one in a year. I forsee many more crashes, dinks and scratches

 

[lannes]

Why don’t you unscrew it , bend it back into shape, glue up the cracks in the leg and screw it back together

 

[Deleted Member 997]

Why don’t you unscrew it , bend it back into shape, glue up the cracks in the leg and screw it back together

Thanks!

 

[lannes]

Thanks!

It looks like the tiny screw below the light cover would have pulled out, I’d just carefully epoxy the small hole and when dry screw it back in so it can catch again.

 

[Deleted Member 997]

It looks like the tiny screw below the light cover would have pulled out, I’d just carefully epoxy the small hole and when dry screw it back in so it can catch again.

That's what I was thinking...thanks for the backup!

 

[old man mavic]

@Mark.W one of the main reasons the leg cracked is because i noticed from your picture you had the landing leg extenders on the drone
while in theory these do raise up the drone ,unfortunately in doing so they extend the amount of stress the arm is under in a crash or hard landing
its the same principle of a wheel nut spanner that can be extended to undo a tight nut ,the further away you get from the pivot point then the more pressure is applied
if you do manage to repair it i would remove the landing gear extenders and get a landing ,take off mat instead or learn to hand launch ,land

 

[hiflyer201]

I forsee many more crashes, dinks and scratches

Yikes!

 

[Drone-Retriever]

You can get a replacement from Aliexpress.com for cheap.
Your extension arms will put a lot of force on this plastic piece.
When you replace it be aware there is an antenna inside the leg.

 

[Deleted Member 997]

You can get a replacement from Aliexpress.com for cheap.
Your extension arms will put a lot of force on this plastic piece.
When you replace it be aware there is an antenna inside the leg.

I just glued it back.