mtnmaddman
Second Officer
United States
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Hi Dave
I have been hit with everything, I cant even tell you what I went through with my P3, I just got my new Inspire less than a month ago, I upgraded the first time to the firmware that has now been replaced just 3 weeks later after I upgraded.
My Inspire was absolutely perfect, I loved it, I was just getting over the bad experience that I had with the p3. When I applied this last update, it all seemingly went well with the text files all reporting back success, also the new app reported the firmware was all up to date.
Everything boots up looks great, except for my led on the right front is lit solid and my motors will not start with an esc error, being displayed when I try to arm the motors. I got physically sick and my knees weak when I saw what had happened to my 3 week old perfectly flying 3k Inspire.
More than a few are experiencing severe problems or there would only be a one week turnaround on repairs, not 6, 7, 8, or nine weeks, to fix a bird that when it comes back only took an hour (on the invoice) to repair, do the math. The return rate world wide must be incredible.
I really don't know how any company could survive this, I hope they do, it seems as though the repair time is getting longer and longer. Devaluation of the Chinese currency may also be a factor in the support logistics, I dont know.
I am not going to send my 3 week old machine in. I just cant, I ordered an esc and motor set off of ebay, and I going to fix it myself, if it doesnt work I will part it out on ebay, not sure if I will buy another one, I have been flying remote control craft since radios first came out, I have had them all, and I have never had a love, hate relationship this intense, or even at all, with anything, or anybody, until I bumped into DJI, Do you suppose they will ever provide counseling, I haven't slept for three nights, since I upgraded my Inspire.
Now a thought on mandatory updates, please take a look at this http://forum.dji.com/thread-28272-1-1.html I call that mandatory updates, here, now. The ramifications of mandatory updates is horrendous, what that would mean is, That you you really don't own the product that you have bought.
What that means is, that someone else (DJI and, or the government) will have complete control over your flying camera, If dji is told to shut them all down, anywhere, everywhere, or just wherever, for whatever, they can and they will, they have that power now, as long as you have to go on the internet to down load the maps, you are at there disposal. You really don't own this equipment now, you are merely leasing it, The contract may be terminated only by the producer of the product, at their discretion.
What we need are third person after market developers, or hackers to remove the kill switch that is now obviously being planted little by little into the upgrades. Many including myself would pay to keep their machines under their own control. |
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