Sent my drone to thunderdrones

[MavicMistakes]

I will be keeping a thread to document the before and after transformation. I am very excited from reading all the great reviews.

So, what happened? I was flying very carefully and after a few hours of flight and my fly more kit I thought I was a pretty great pilot. Enabled S mode and flew around, got cocky and fly it around. When flying it back I was a little late stopping, would have stopped non s mode, and it went almost vertical from the stop, clipped a bush, hit the wall and landed on its back. It continued to spin and I panicked and tried to press the battery button cutting my finger open and almost breaking it. Still hurts pretty bad. The result? A broken gimble and a sad owner. Pictures to come tomorrow.

 

[MavicMistakes]

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The pics

 

[Former Member]

Ouch. That must be the new Hassel-blood lens.

 

[MavicMistakes]

Ouch. That must be the new Hassel-blood lens.

In retrospect how do you stop the blades in an emergency when flopping around like a murder weapon? The button wouldn't work I had to pull the battery.

 

[MavicMistakes]

Ouch. That must be the new Hassel-blood lens.

Also good pun

 

[Former Member]

how do you stop the blades in an emergency when flopping around like a murder weapon? The button wouldn't work I had to pull the battery.

You can use the CSC controlled stick command to cut the motors. Pulling the battery works on Phantoms, Sparks and Mavic Airs where the battery is either bottom mounted or rear mounted.

 

[dbyantis]

In retrospect how do you stop the blades in an emergency when flopping around like a murder weapon? The button wouldn't work I had to pull the battery.

CSC, if enabled in settings, you can move both stick on the controller down and in, the same action to manually start the motors, that will kill the motors.

 

[MavicMistakes]

Ah wasn't enabled... I was using the screen swipe method

 

[MavicMistakes]

The legs had bent back from the fall so I couldn't get a clean pull without getting battered by blades. I can't get the gimble cover on... Because it is out of socket per the pic. Do I ship it with it off but include the cover for the way back? Have you fixed something like this before?

 

[DanMan32]

Props don't have to be powered to cause a cut. Heavy winds spun the props at low speed, and arm got in the way. Got nice clean but not very deep scrape that did bleed some

 

[RayOZ]

?? Doesn't the motors stop when it's upside down? Not the case with M2?

 

[MavicMistakes]

?? Doesn't the motors stop when it's upside down? Not the case with M2?

The motor did not stop when upside down. It was a literal bouncing murder machine

 

[Turn11]

CSC, if enabled in settings, you can move both stick on the controller down and in, the same action to manually start the motors, that will kill the motors.

I think it is enabled by default on the M2 drones. On the MP & MPP you had to go into the code to enable CSC

Even when you are flying. Of course you will probably crash.

IF it falls flat, IF you are high enough you MIGHT be able to restart before the crash IF you are lucky.

 

[lmel2005]

The motor did not stop when upside down. It was a literal bouncing murder machine

I thought 90 degree turn, should be enough to stop the motors.
Isn't that true for M2?

 

[fstop.labs]

Ouchhhh! The camera looks okay though!

 

[Former Member]

There are 2 things In this picture that concern me. The gimbal motor assembly might have gotten damaged and the forward obstacle avoidance sensor might be obscured by the damage to the plastic eye.

 

[MavicMistakes]

There are 2 things In this picture that concern me. The gimbal motor assembly might have gotten damaged and the forward obstacle avoidance sensor might be obscured by the damage to the plastic eye.

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Concerned as in unfixable?

 

[Former Member]

Concerned as in unfixable?

I can fix anything. Just might be a little more expensive to fix than you had budgeted for.

 

[Elton Hammonds]

In retrospect how do you stop the blades in an emergency when flopping around like a murder weapon? The button wouldn't work I had to pull the battery.

Flopping around like a murder weapon?!? My wife and I almost spit our coffee out laughing at that one!!!

Here's a link that perhaps wound be helpful next time.

WOUND SEALING POWDER BLOOD STOP FIRST AID SUTURE BLOOD CLOT POWDER CLOTTING SEAL | eBay

 

[Lapeer20m]

I think it is enabled by default on the M2 drones. On the MP & MPP you had to go into the code to enable CSC

Even when you are flying. Of course you will probably crash.

IF it falls flat, IF you are high enough you MIGHT be able to restart before the crash IF you are lucky.

Perhaps it is different based on the version of go4 or drone software, but my understanding is that the only option for csc for original Mavic Pro is a choice betweeen:

csc functioning anytime you give the command

or

csc functioning only when the aircraft senses an emergency.

As far as I’m aware there was no option to disable csc on original mp.