Brian Fist
lvl.3
Flight distance : 19928 ft
United States
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Are you sure you turned the bird OFF before you closed the case?
I can see there being a heat issue if you leave the bird turned ON and close the case... I don't know if it could start on fire, but a closed environment would most certainly cause it to overheat.
Per your pics it looks like whatever heat/fire there was, was being pulled through the left side (looking from the back) only. Which, if I am not mistaken, is the exhaust side of the bird (air gets drawn in from the area below the USB/Micro SD card slot, and exhausted out the opposite side). Which means it was left on, and it overheated. If not then the area on the right side would have been equally scorched/burned, which it obviously is not as bad off as the left per your pics. Also it is obvious the battery compartment wasn't the cause as that area of the bird is the least affected/burned.
If anything, this goes to show that maybe DJI needs to consider having a thermal sensor installed on future models that would force a shut-down if a overheat issue occurs. The problem with that is the resultant failures of such a sub-system and the inevitable issues caused by such a system shutting the bird down in error (ie, having the bird fall out of the sky, liability, etc). Then again, most people are expected to use common sense and make sure the bird is shut off before closing the case. Their double-tap and hold system is pretty foolproof in that regard. Now I can see if someone tapped the abttery button toe check battery status before closing it and while closing it something put pressure on the button and caused it to start the bird up, but I am sure that is also pretty much "user error" in regards to having mis-packed something that could even touch the battery button in the first place. |
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