Had a little accident this morning with my Mini 3 (image attached) and upon inspection this seems to be the only issue that has cropped up (other than propellors). It seems like the housing on the front facing side has popped off a touch.
I’m just wondering what people’s thoughts are, to me it seems as though I can pop this back in with a bit of pressure but hesitant to do so if it catches and breaks any of the plastic.
If anyone had any thoughts on what’s best to do that would be great!
A failed attempt to mend it will mean it’s still broken.
A succesful and skilful application of pressure may mend it. So try!
If it does pop back ok I would suggest you try either a back garden 1 metre high flight to check out camera and gimbal or (prefereably) take off the props and try the camera indoors holding the aircraft to test extreme angles.
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I was going to say the same. If you try to fix it and fail, it is still broken, if you managed to fix it then great. One of our drones popped out a gimble and after cringing putting pressure on it, it popped back in. So was happy with that. Also, as mentioned, just do a little low flying round the garden or in an open space nice and low. When you feel it is doing what you are telling it, take it up and monitor it’s behaviour. Keep an eye on what it is doing and any errors on screens. For the first flight be ready to bring it down. Keep a landing area below at all times.
(obviously this is to be done after any damaged props are replaced)
I would advise a complete check over after any bump, to see if anything is out of place. Pay particular attention to orops, which can have sneaky little next-to-invisible cracks and splits, which will affect performance and get sneakily worse over time until they develop into a catastrophic failure (in my case, luckily, before I took off).
Also, examine the lens and/or any filters for scratches, which will show up on photos or video. Check for play in the arm pivots and nip up the prop screws (I do this when I get home after each flight along with the other chores like charging batteries, transferring/wipng the SD card &c., and look for any small cracks or splits in the bodyshell; again, these will get worse over later flights unless you do somthing about them.
