sploodge
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Tahoe Ed posted this over on RCGroups.. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/s ... 210&postcount=40280
WARNING!
DJI LA has received several returns about Phantoms that fell out of the sky without warning.
We have investigated those cases. In many of them we found that the users have installed third party prop guards or after installing DJI prop guards installed the prop guard screws after removal of the guards. The third party screws were too long for the installation as were the DJI screws if the prop guards were not installed. This has caused the screws to contact the motor causing it to fail.
This is to inform all DJI users that the installation of third party prop guards will invalidate your warranty and the misuse of the DJI prop guards will also invalidate your warranty. Please use the screws that were provided with the motors. If you use DJI provided prop guards then make sure that you install the original screws when you remove them.
I hope that this clarifies the use of prop guards. The DJI provided prop guards work when used as proscribed by DJI. Be conscious of the screw length.
So.. What does it mean I hear some say....
Well, in a nutshell it means two things are happening resulting in peoples P3's falling with a sad face to the ground below. Issues that it seems DJI will NOT warranty.
1: 3rd party prop guards with wrong length screws are fitted..... This results in the screw pushing the "baffle" way beyond the motor mount by the screw and has squashes the motors cable against the stator and damaging it.
2: People are removing the propguards ( be they the official DJI ones one 3rd party ones ) and the using the prop guard screws to fit the motorback on resulting in the same as point 1.
How can you strop this happening? Well for one, don't use prop guards.. They serve very little purpose if flying outside. Another option would to THINK! a little and not just blindly fiddle about with the P3. It boild down to user error and noone else it to blame other than the user him/her self.
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