If any of you Avata owners hand catch and launch, which I know I’ve always done, just take a note out of what happened to me this morning.
I normally bring the drone in, pause it, grab it from the top and twist it over. Automatically cutting the motors. Like I say, I must have done it a few hundred times now, no issues.
This morning I caught the drone, twisted over and…one of the props snapped. Literally the hub with the screws going through snapped and the prop flew off:scream:.
Bearing in mind I’ve only just got the drone and not stuffed it anywhere yet, which might weaken something, I can’t think of anything that would have caused it.
Anyway, to be on the safe side from now on I catch it the other way, pause, press landing button, wait for the drone to start landing, then take a hold of the drone until the motors stop.
Just thought I’d give anyone a heads up who’s interested.
The plan? Well I’m out at the mo and used 4 batteries. Tested the old catching procedure several times before buggering off in manual, seems fine👍.
I’ll run it until the wheels fall off, whether that be today or tomorrow or whenever, then raise a ticket. They’re phones still hot from last week😁. And they parted with a new battery for my troubles with the none existent Avata fault😁.
I used to always take the car mat from the passenger side, that lasted almost all of 2 weeks😂.
Like I said above Wayne, never had any issues over a couple of hundred flights, the drone squeals when you flip it, but it’s over in a split second. Don’t have an igloo what happened this morning
Have a look on the DJI forum - quite a few people have suffered prop failures. It appears to be due to over- tightening of the retaining screws. Some have failed without having been touched from new or having suffered an impact - it looks like some were due to over tightening by DJI at new assembly.
I’ve been on the fence over replacing the props, now after these reports I’ll get the Masters.
Most of my RC planes over the last 35 years had Master Airscrews.
I’ll start with 3, may lead to the Axis conversion later… right now it’d be for peace of mind as I bought the Avata to fly in the sticks, don’t want that feeling your props may fail in flight…
Hi chaps. Installed the Master airscrew props tonight. 4 blade.
Flew in manual and sport, give it death in both (although I have altered my rates in man to a bit more tame).
The drone is still loud but less of a scream, more high pitched but a softer tone.
Handling. I’m not up to speed with all the tekky talk but it flies a hell of a lot better with these on👍. More smooth and not as abrupt turning. You don’t hear the drone complaining as much when you do a sharp turn. If that makes sense.
Durability? Don’t know yet obviously but they don’t seem as hard as the stock props.
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. Enough said:grin:
