SarahC
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This is just a bad luck story, and how surprised I was on learning a few things after buying my first gimbal held camera drone...
I bought a Phantom 3 Standard as a Christmas gift over a month ago - and it's been in storage since.
After 21 flights, 1 hour 19 minutes of flight - I was horrified to discover one of the motor mounts had cracked. I went online and discovered that it's a very common problem.
But after an hour? Not THAT common.
I read about metal brackets to hold the motor to the arm - which I ordered yesterday - but people have wrote about cracks continuing, and needing to use epoxy and all other kinds of glues to keep it from spreading.
Then unrelated, but another sad discovery - the transmitter is limited in the UK to 500 meters maximum in perfect conditions. Around WiFi spots I could only get around 300 meters.
The gimble kept nodding to the side too! I didn't really care about wonky horizons at this point, but it's another negative. (Online people also point out recalibrating the gibmal works for 20 minutes or so)
As it's past a month since purchasing, I can't get a refund - and I don't want a new shell that's going to fail the same way in a short amount of time.
The extra battery from Argos is in the same situation - past a month for returns.
It's been a sad learning experience for me - from learning the cracks will always happen in the P3 shells, and that UK CE drone ranges are so short you're limited to "spot flights" stood next to items of interest, along with crooked horizons.
Note to self - DO NOT buy tech early for Christmas to avoid stock issues. Warranties run out. It's best to buy before/after and use them straight away.
I wanted fun exploring a mile around the house, with minimal maintenance and risk. I thought for the price even for the basic version that would happen from the market leader.
I was really sad when it didn't!
So it's off to eBay for me, and hopefully minimize my losses.
Hat's off to all of the "Troopers" out there that do battle with these issues with the drones..... I had no idea!
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