DJI phantom water issue

[noahnoha]

I got a new dji phantom 3 standard for Christmas. Because it's cold and rainy, I decided it would be a good idea to try it out in the garage. Everything was going well untill I let up a little too much and it bounced upside down into a very small puddle in the garage. Now, only one motor fires up. Any help? Thanks!

[noahnoha]

5 minutes ago, Julian2000nl said:

Warranty?

That's kind of a last resort. I was wondering if you know of anything I can try first. 

[thekillergazebo]

Motor damage could be serious. You don't want one of these things falling out of the sky from faulty motor. Could try and see if the store will take it back.

[AkiraDaarkst]

15 hours ago, thekillergazebo said:

Motor damage could be serious. You don't want one of these things falling out of the sky from faulty motor. Could try and see if the store will take it back.

GoPro Karma... a big fail that the company suffered serious losses and had to downsize.

[Creed1]

4 hours ago, thekillergazebo said:

Motor damage could be serious. You don't want one of these things falling out of the sky from faulty motor. Could try and see if the store will take it back.

I would maybe order new motors, but I would return it.  

[thekillergazebo]

Do they even sell new motors for it... 

[DyverTech]

A lot of Hobby places like Hobby Haven or Hobby Lobby will sometimes have replacement parts depending on what is nearby you. We had one fall out of the sky over a bean field. It got returned about 3 months later after the owner of the field almost hit it with a combine. It was filled with dirt, water and bugs. I cleaned it out the best I could and took it in to Hobby Haven. Described what happened. They tested the leads on the arms and motors and replaced a couple of them for us. It fell because apparently over time the batteries on the Vision 2+ (the one in question) fail and expand and lose consistent voltage. They surprisingly didn't end up charging us for the motors but we've bought several drones from them so that may be part of it. If you're able, you could try finding replacement motors from one of those kind of hobby shops and do it yourself otherwise there are several online sites that specialize in hobbyist and robotics motors that would probably do what you needed. I would just run it through many rigorous stress tests before putting at any sort of altitude. Also keep in mind if you don't have some "authorized" person/place do the repairs you may end up voiding your warranty anyway. And even they may still void it. If you can, I'd just RMA it straight away and get something that is guaranteed to work. 

 

Before you get too far into it though, you may just want to open it up which is fairly easy, and check to make sure you didn't just crack some solder joints. That would be a simple fix that you could likely do in house or have someone do it for cheap. 

[noahnoha]

5 hours ago, DyverTech said:

A lot of Hobby places like Hobby Haven or Hobby Lobby will sometimes have replacement parts depending on what is nearby you. We had one fall out of the sky over a bean field. It got returned about 3 months later after the owner of the field almost hit it with a combine. It was filled with dirt, water and bugs. I cleaned it out the best I could and took it in to Hobby Haven. Described what happened. They tested the leads on the arms and motors and replaced a couple of them for us. It fell because apparently over time the batteries on the Vision 2+ (the one in question) fail and expand and lose consistent voltage. They surprisingly didn't end up charging us for the motors but we've bought several drones from them so that may be part of it. If you're able, you could try finding replacement motors from one of those kind of hobby shops and do it yourself otherwise there are several online sites that specialize in hobbyist and robotics motors that would probably do what you needed. I would just run it through many rigorous stress tests before putting at any sort of altitude. Also keep in mind if you don't have some "authorized" person/place do the repairs you may end up voiding your warranty anyway. And even they may still void it. If you can, I'd just RMA it straight away and get something that is guaranteed to work. 

 

Before you get too far into it though, you may just want to open it up which is fairly easy, and check to make sure you didn't just crack some solder joints. That would be a simple fix that you could likely do in house or have someone do it for cheap. 

I appreciate it. I'll try taking it down to the hobby lobby and see what they have to say.