No1much
lvl.4
Flight distance : 143878 ft
United States
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Part of the reason I had been worried is that, when I was trying to fix the gimbal issue by following directions, I was also trying to resolve a battery error issue by charging the battery to 100%, then discharging by simply hovering or idling the props (as directed by someone from support). During the battery drain time, I made a stupid mistake and connected via wi-fi from my phone. It was raining outside that night, so I took the Mavic to my roomy basement... turned on the lights so it would hover in Opti mode, and lifted off... and it didn't see the lights enough to go into Opti mode in time. In Atti, it started to drift backwards toward the foam insulation on the walls. I immediately signaled it to land. It hadn't quite touched down before its prop caught on the foam wall, and sent it into the ground.
I learned from that experience, and had been concerned it would invalidate any possible warranty claim I'd had for the camera gimbal, which was already not working before the crash. Crash damage appears to be limited to just a scuff mark at the end of one arm, and a set of props scraped up (and therefore thrown away immediately and replaced.)
So I won't be surprised if it costs me $65 or so after all... but it's nice to know that my Mavic has a warranty, whether I accidentally invalidated it or not.
No matter how things turn out, I won't be trying to fly indoors with it again, even just to hover- that kind of thing is for tiny toy copters that come with their own bumpers anyway.
Anyway, time for me to let this thread get back to its real topic.
Thank you, too, for your patience and help.
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