Has anyone seen a Mavic 3 arm break like this in a crash?

[Yorkshire_Pud]

Its from Mavic 3 Pro Suicide Slammed itself into rocks but I think the break is unusual enough to warrant its own thread and question,

 

[mavic3usa]

Ouch, that drone must have been moving pretty quickly to do that kind of damage.

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

21.3mph 9.5m/s which I don't think is particularly fast but it's not that that bothers me, for some reason I am wondering if this might be twisting failure ?

 

[Suren]

Yikes, that must have hit arm first and at a high speed, maybe sports mode.

 

[old man mavic]

@Yorkshire_Pud twisting failure? ,well indeed it was possibly just that very thing
you can clearly see the impact marks, on the antenna housing at the end of the arm,which clearly exceeded the ability of the arm to resist such an impact,

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

@Yorkshire_Pud twisting failure? ,well indeed it was possibly just that very thing
you can clearly see the impact marks, on the antenna housing at the end of the arm,which clearly exceeded the ability of the arm to resist such an impact,

You may be correct but if the rock had 'grabbed' the antennae and the drone's momentum then caused the drone to twist I'd have thought the landing-leg/antennae might have come away from the motor housing - as I have seen in photos of crash damage to earlier mavic style drones.
I just think it is very odd that the break seems to have run along the arm .... to a considerable extent.

 

[Cafguy]

The plastic they use is on the brittle side.

 

[Felix le Chat]

21.3mph 9.5m/s which I don't think is particularly fast but it's not that that bothers me, for some reason I am wondering if this might be twisting failure ?

I think you're right. It does look very like a torsion fracture. Bad luck for the owner.... but that is a REALLY impressive shot.

 

[360 Guy]

"I am wondering if this might be twisting failure ?"
Pilot failure is my bet.

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

"I am wondering if this might be twisting failure ?"
Pilot failure is my bet.

It seems that the crash is but the actual arm failure.....?

 

[TonyPHX]

That drone hit something harder than reality hit me when I became an adult.

 

[skyscapist]

This was my Mavic 3 Pro Cine

 

[skyscapist]

This was my Mavic 3 Cine

 

[TonyPHX]

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This was my Mavic 3 Cine

Sorry to see that. Hopefully you get it "refreshed" and back in the air soon.

 

[skyscapist]

Sorry to see that. Hopefully you get it "refreshed" and back in the air soon.

Oh no worries, got both drones back in service already.

 

[MS Coast]

21.3mph 9.5m/s which I don't think is particularly fast but it's not that that bothers me, for some reason I am wondering if this might be twisting failure ?

Nothing to support that idea in the photo. No torsional distortion.

 

[MS Coast]

Oh no worries, got both drones back in service already.

You were able to repair them?