Should "this" be repaired, or is the drone OK to fly?

[Pilot Adam]

Thanks again everyone for all the advice, much appreciated ? Dropped off the drone at the local DJI store. The tech said it was totally fixable. Hopefully will hear back today on the cost, etc as they are assessing the damage. While there I decided to move up Father’s Day to today ?...View attachment 130200

 

[Pilot Adam]

Wow wee....You test fly it?

 

[zlek131]

Haven’t gotten it back yet since I dropped it off at the local DJI store/shop.... hopefully later today.

 

[Pilot Adam]

Hello, Was the repair out of this world?

 

[zlek131]

Hello, Was the repair out of this world?

Not at all, $130 total cost.

 

[Deleted member 103366]

The likely damage was a a limit-of-travel stop broken off the inner end of the pivot shaft.

Following crashing my Zoom I encountered the same symptoms, i.e. rear arm that would lift (when the drone was throttled up etc.) and the drone would occasionally get the shakes in mid air. Repair in this case probably means replacing the arm, the break surface is almost certainly contaminated with grease so I doubt gluing the stop back in place is feasible even if you can find the broken of stop, (Mine was stuck, by grease, in the circunferential groove, in the pivot's bore, in which the stop slides.)
I replaced the arm, it came with a motor so it was more or less a straight swap.

 

[Pilot Adam]

The likely damage was a a limit-of-travel stop broken off the inner end of the pivot shaft.

Following crashing my Zoom I encountered the same symptoms, i.e. rear arm that would lift (when the drone was throttled up etc.) and the drone would occasionally get the shakes in mid air. Repair in this case probably means replacing the arm, the break surface is almost certainly contaminated with grease so I doubt gluing the stop back in place is feasible even if you can find the broken of stop, (Mine was stuck, by grease, in the circunferential groove, in the pivot's bore, in which the stop slides.)
I replaced the arm, it came with a motor so it was more or less a straight swap.

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The likely damage was a a limit-of-travel stop broken off the inner end of the pivot shaft.

Following crashing my Zoom I encountered the same symptoms, i.e. rear arm that would lift (when the drone was throttled up etc.) and the drone would occasionally get the shakes in mid air. Repair in this case probably means replacing the arm, the break surface is almost certainly contaminated with grease so I doubt gluing the stop back in place is feasible even if you can find the broken of stop, (Mine was stuck, by grease, in the circunferential groove, in the pivot's bore, in which the stop slides.)
I replaced the arm, it came with a motor so it was more or less a straight swap.

Hello,
Please replace the arm. The gyro system is working overtime as it is. With weakened drone structures, it's no good. Plus, your quad will last longer.
Best of luck to you!