Drone repair options?

[anomad]

I bought a drone a month or two ago. Totally overestimated my "skills" and crashed into a very tall Tulip Poplar behind the house. Everything still works, but one arm is broken. Not afraid of dinky electrical repairs, but weighing sending this out for repair or trying to fix it myself.

DJI Mavic 3 I think? It is the lightweight little guy. Arm is snapped and wires are severed.

Fix it myself? Join a drone reddit group? (won't be happening) Send it off to a repair joint? I'm leaning towards sending it off to pros to fix. Would love to hear what other tractor people have to say about little flying camera toys.

 

[caver]

What's the status on the DJI drones? I heard they may be banned in the US.

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

What's the status on the DJI drones? I heard they may be banned in the US.

Why?

 

[anomad]

One of my friends is a real drone geek. Got in early. He hasn't mentioned any kind of ban. I guess I could ask him?

 

[etpm]

I bought a drone a month or two ago. Totally overestimated my "skills" and crashed into a very tall Tulip Poplar behind the house. Everything still works, but one arm is broken. Not afraid of dinky electrical repairs, but weighing sending this out for repair or trying to fix it myself.

DJI Mavic 3 I think? It is the lightweight little guy. Arm is snapped and wires are severed.

Fix it myself? Join a drone reddit group? (won't be happening) Send it off to a repair joint? I'm leaning towards sending it off to pros to fix. Would love to hear what other tractor people have to say about little flying camera toys.

ABS is a common plastic used in all sorts of stuff and I wouldn't be surprised if your drone arm is made from ABS. You can test this by seeing if acetone will dissolve the arm. Or if you have some ABS pipe cement see if it will stick. If it does then use a piece of ABS pipe that you saw from the pipe to make repair pieces. I have done this more than once, using a piece of ABS pipe to repair or reinforce another item made from ABS. If it is not ABS then you can buy epoxies for plastic at any good hardware store and use that for the repair.
Eric

 

[t1kilo]

I had a Yuneec drone that I did the same thing to. Yuneec lets you purchase an extended warranty that covers accidental damage. I was able to purchase this after my “accident”. DJI may offer something similar. It’s definitely worth a call to them.

 

[anomad]

I had a Yuneec drone that I did the same thing to. Yuneec lets you purchase an extended warranty that covers accidental damage. I was able to purchase this after my “accident”. DJI may offer something similar. It’s definitely worth a call to them.

Thanks. I'm not the only one! I'll look into warranty stuffs. But it doesn't look like repair or self repair is very expensive. Maybe 100 bucks or so. Just looking for a trusted source. dronenerds.com is looking ok from searches.

 

[caver]

Why?

The Complete DJI Ban Guide [Updated for 2025]

Is DJI banned in the U.S.? No, but it will be if DJI isn't formally audited by the end of 2025—here's what you need to know.

uavcoach.com

 

[LittleBill21]

I would ship it back to dji, I don't think there are spare parts for these thing.

 

[Gem99ultra]

I bought a drone a month or two ago. Totally overestimated my "skills" and crashed into a very tall Tulip Poplar behind the house. Everything still works, but one arm is broken. Not afraid of dinky electrical repairs, but weighing sending this out for repair or trying to fix it myself.

DJI Mavic 3 I think? It is the lightweight little guy. Arm is snapped and wires are severed.

Fix it myself? Join a drone reddit group? (won't be happening) Send it off to a repair joint? I'm leaning towards sending it off to pros to fix. Would love to hear what other tractor people have to say about little flying camera toys.

DJI does have authorized repair shops around. We had a similar accident with ours, ripping off the camera. DJ had us simply box it up and mail it to tthier repair center. They comletely repaired all damages and returned it with all new blades, camera, etc.. Total cost was less than $100. Money well spent in my opinion.
Give DJ a call and get the info as to which location you need to send it to. They'll put you on the closest one.