I was using the waypoints, and my drone ended up a little off from where I set it to fly (I understand GPS has some error margin). My obstacle avoidance sensors had been pretty reliable, so I got a bit too comfortable, assuming it would stop when it saw a tree—but it didn’t. The gimbal bracket broke, and the front-right vision sensor went from fisheye to macro. Now it’s out of focus and can’t detect anything, even though there’s no visible damage to the sensors. It seems like something inside broke from the impact of the fall.
The worst part is, where I’m from, it costs about $200 each way to ship it to Germany, which is where DJI told me to send it. I asked if I could fly to the closest and cheapest DJI store in Vienna to drop the drone off there instead. They said they’d get back to me, but I haven’t heard from them since. I’m not sure I can repair it myself since, as far as I know, there’s no calibration tool available for the general public, even though the parts can be found online. DJI please give us a right to repair our own drones for people that can’t afford 400$ shipping and probably 200$ repair.
The worst part is, where I’m from, it costs about $200 each way to ship it to Germany, which is where DJI told me to send it. I asked if I could fly to the closest and cheapest DJI store in Vienna to drop the drone off there instead. They said they’d get back to me, but I haven’t heard from them since. I’m not sure I can repair it myself since, as far as I know, there’s no calibration tool available for the general public, even though the parts can be found online. DJI please give us a right to repair our own drones for people that can’t afford 400$ shipping and probably 200$ repair.
