Hey guys,
So I was recently in Indonesia at a hostel and long story short I found my Mavic with some pretty severe damage to the front. Almost looks like someone purposefully jammed something into the air intake (behind the gimbal). Pretty bummed about that.
I tried to fly it after I noticed the damage and everything was working fine except the cooling fan. I only had it flying for 2 mins before I noticed the battery temp was reading 40C so I shut it down immediately.
I sent it in to DJI here in Australia to get a quote on fixing it. I expected it to be maybe $200 or so, but they came back with a $650 quote, telling me that I needed to replace the lower core board as well. Does this make sense? Why would that need replacing if it was operating perfectly fine before I sent it in? Shouldn’t they just be able to replace the fan, the lower heat sink, and the outer shell that was damaged?
I sent an e-mail asking for more info and what led them to believe it needed to be replaced but still haven’t heard back from them. The repair quote just said “cooling fan deformed, lower area deformed” that’s all...
I’ll attach some pics.
Any advice is appreciated.
So I was recently in Indonesia at a hostel and long story short I found my Mavic with some pretty severe damage to the front. Almost looks like someone purposefully jammed something into the air intake (behind the gimbal). Pretty bummed about that.
I tried to fly it after I noticed the damage and everything was working fine except the cooling fan. I only had it flying for 2 mins before I noticed the battery temp was reading 40C so I shut it down immediately.
I sent it in to DJI here in Australia to get a quote on fixing it. I expected it to be maybe $200 or so, but they came back with a $650 quote, telling me that I needed to replace the lower core board as well. Does this make sense? Why would that need replacing if it was operating perfectly fine before I sent it in? Shouldn’t they just be able to replace the fan, the lower heat sink, and the outer shell that was damaged?
I sent an e-mail asking for more info and what led them to believe it needed to be replaced but still haven’t heard back from them. The repair quote just said “cooling fan deformed, lower area deformed” that’s all...
I’ll attach some pics.
Any advice is appreciated.