Hi Guys,
Sad to report I've crashed my Mavic Pro after doing something really stupid. Earlier on during the day I put my Mavic up to record a charity cycle as it was approaching our town. I did a reci first and altered my video settings and exposure to suit the ambient light as you do. I brought it back down and then waited for the cyclists to approach so I was ready for the action when they came into view.
After getting the signal that the cyclists were approaching I fired up my Mavic but almost immediately I got a message on my RC that there was no connection with the aircraft. I shut down the aircraft and the RC twice and restarted to try and get a connection but to no avail. The RC was telling me that it was ready to fly but then it sent out a message that there was strong electrical interference and to proceed with caution. I got it up in the air but almost immediately brought it back down again as it was not acting as normal so I had to abandon my videoing of the cycling event. I might add here that I was standing at the gable of a building in shelter as it was quite a breezy evening and I wanted to be out of site from the large crowd that had gathered to watch the event. I packed away my Mavic and just used my Nikon DSLR to video the event.
Later on the same night (pitch dark) I went outside my house to see if it had returned to a normal state and I sent it up and it was acting quite normal with no apparent problems. I would have tried it inside but have been getting the NFZ mode after updating my all to 6.0 or whatever it is. After a few minutes of flight I was about to bring it on home when I heard the dreadful sound of props getting tangled in the overhead cables running along our road. The bang when it hit the hard tarmac on our road almost caused me to have a heart attack as I knew instantly that there has to be a lot of damage to my four week old drone.
When I arrived at the crash site the battery had hopped out from its seat and one of the top rotor arms had completely broken away but cable intact. The gimbal globe was also damaged and the gimbal seemed to be dangly. After some time when I had calmed down a bit and still cursing my carelessness I tried to assess the overall damage and refitted the battery which hopped out on impact. To my surprise it lit up and the drone started but immediately I got the message of about six errors, mostly visual errors and camera calibration and so on. On closer examination of the gimbal/camera I noticed that the ribbon cable had snapped on impact. I have looked up a few Utube videos since and there are a few demonstrating a ribbon replacement and one on rotor arm replacement but I';m not sure whether I have the confidence to take it on.
I'm sure DJI will charge an arm and a leg (no care plan) so I'm looking for a cheap way out by maybe tackling it myself so after all that if you are still reading this Question 1 Are the parts available on Ebay mostly from Hong Kong authentic DJI replacements or third party and if third party are they reputable. Also if anyone on here has had to do something similar could they offer me some links to where they got the replacement parts and if it was a tough task and is it a doable task. I have replaced broken screens with led board on phones so would have reasonable confidence.
If all fails is there a reputable repair centre for Mavics in the UK. Thanks in anticapation of some positive feedback.
Sad to report I've crashed my Mavic Pro after doing something really stupid. Earlier on during the day I put my Mavic up to record a charity cycle as it was approaching our town. I did a reci first and altered my video settings and exposure to suit the ambient light as you do. I brought it back down and then waited for the cyclists to approach so I was ready for the action when they came into view.
After getting the signal that the cyclists were approaching I fired up my Mavic but almost immediately I got a message on my RC that there was no connection with the aircraft. I shut down the aircraft and the RC twice and restarted to try and get a connection but to no avail. The RC was telling me that it was ready to fly but then it sent out a message that there was strong electrical interference and to proceed with caution. I got it up in the air but almost immediately brought it back down again as it was not acting as normal so I had to abandon my videoing of the cycling event. I might add here that I was standing at the gable of a building in shelter as it was quite a breezy evening and I wanted to be out of site from the large crowd that had gathered to watch the event. I packed away my Mavic and just used my Nikon DSLR to video the event.
Later on the same night (pitch dark) I went outside my house to see if it had returned to a normal state and I sent it up and it was acting quite normal with no apparent problems. I would have tried it inside but have been getting the NFZ mode after updating my all to 6.0 or whatever it is. After a few minutes of flight I was about to bring it on home when I heard the dreadful sound of props getting tangled in the overhead cables running along our road. The bang when it hit the hard tarmac on our road almost caused me to have a heart attack as I knew instantly that there has to be a lot of damage to my four week old drone.
When I arrived at the crash site the battery had hopped out from its seat and one of the top rotor arms had completely broken away but cable intact. The gimbal globe was also damaged and the gimbal seemed to be dangly. After some time when I had calmed down a bit and still cursing my carelessness I tried to assess the overall damage and refitted the battery which hopped out on impact. To my surprise it lit up and the drone started but immediately I got the message of about six errors, mostly visual errors and camera calibration and so on. On closer examination of the gimbal/camera I noticed that the ribbon cable had snapped on impact. I have looked up a few Utube videos since and there are a few demonstrating a ribbon replacement and one on rotor arm replacement but I';m not sure whether I have the confidence to take it on.
I'm sure DJI will charge an arm and a leg (no care plan) so I'm looking for a cheap way out by maybe tackling it myself so after all that if you are still reading this Question 1 Are the parts available on Ebay mostly from Hong Kong authentic DJI replacements or third party and if third party are they reputable. Also if anyone on here has had to do something similar could they offer me some links to where they got the replacement parts and if it was a tough task and is it a doable task. I have replaced broken screens with led board on phones so would have reasonable confidence.
If all fails is there a reputable repair centre for Mavics in the UK. Thanks in anticapation of some positive feedback.
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