Has anyone come up with a camera guard for the Phantom 3?

Thanks,

Ed Murphy

I ordered this one on Amazon - Do not have it yet- it ships from China:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product ... _detailpage_o05_s00

old_sailor, you can find a few good options here:
http://www.PhantomHelp.com/#ProtectCameraP3

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I am going to sell this one's on ebay just a couple, are made of Titanium.

I have seen several crashes with camera guards. The guards did pretty much nothing. I wouldn't waste your money.

jhall651 Posted at 2015-7-12 04:26
I have seen several crashes with camera guards. The guards did pretty much nothing. I wouldn't waste ...

Do you have links to these? I would be interested in seeing the damage - Adam

Adamation Posted at 2015-7-12 06:23
Do you have links to these? I would be interested in seeing the damage - Adam

Sure I'll do some of your homework for ya. Here's one on the front page, but if you look for yourself you can find more on here and elsewhere on that thing they call the World Wide Web.

http://forum.dji.com/thread-23658-1-1.html      

You see the problem with these guards is this.  The only thing they protect against is a directly vertical impact agaisnst something that is protruding like a rock, etc...  In addition it's really only going to protect it in a controlled decent like a RTH or manual landing.  Any kind of extreme impact and the G's are going to do what they do (i.e. snap the gimbal or wreck the camera) just like they would with or without the guard.  So with that being said, if you manually land it then I would hope you would not do so onto a rock, if you RTH I would hope you would not let it set itself down onto a rock, so that leave a failsafe setdown.  In that case odds are it's on you for letting it get to that point (draining the battery to 0) and in which case sure, if thats you, buy one.  Just better hope your not near water, gimbal guards suck at protecting agaisnt water.  So is the added weight and drag worth it?  My two cents.

kevinr621 Posted at 2015-7-11 20:14
I ordered this one on Amazon - Do not have it yet- it ships from China:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/pr ...

I was going to order this as well, through Amazon, but noticed that with Prime, it'd take over a month to reach me in CA. "Expedited" costs an extra $20. I declined.

Phantom Help Posted at 2015-7-11 20:46
old_sailor, you can find a few good options here:
http://www.PhantomHelp.com/#ProtectCameraP3

Thanks. Currently, they're between $30-40. I think I'll make my own.

Eagle-ONE Posted at 2015-7-11 21:04
I am going to sell this one's on ebay just a couple, are made of Titanium.

would like to buy one, price ? Will you ship to Denmark ?

Regards

Nicholas Rønshof

I ordered mine to protect it when landing in sand and grass. A crash is a crash, and I wouldn't expect this to totally protect the assembly, but I do not have it yet. I will install and fly with it to see how it works. If I see no value will return using Amazon Prime.

nr.kyborg Posted at 2015-7-12 16:22
would like to buy one, price ? Will you ship to Denmark ?

Regards

I will add it on ebay today

jhall651 Posted at 2015-7-12 08:48
Sure I'll do some of your homework for ya. Here's one on the front page, but if you look for yourse ...

I have to agree to slightly disagree. They do strengthen the legs a bit for those slightly tilted hard landings. Now that being said, a 10 meter fall will still be disastrous...short of landing on bubble wrap. The bolt on gimbal clamp has a little more function as it keeps the arms together instead of separating at hard landing. I have had a gimbal come apart when I had a battery slip out (it wasn't clipped in well) on my P2+. I think all of the "protective" devices offer some protection but nothing will defeat gravity but a parachute.   

Eagle-ONE Posted at 2015-7-12 23:23
I will add it on ebay today

cool please post link

Does the gimbal guard bother the sensors? Any experiences here?

Thanks
alex