New? Shell Differences

msinger · Jul 25, 2016

photolucas84 said:
what version of shell is this ? Old or new ?

I don't know the part number, but you can see what the new shell looks like here.

gosports1 · Jul 25, 2016

With the New Shell update, will the old slide on Prop Guard and screw's fit.

msinger · Jul 25, 2016

gosports1 said:
will the old slide on Prop Guard and screw's fit.

Yes.

photolucas84 · Jul 26, 2016

Is the possibility to mount old mainboard with engines in new wersion of shell ?
is there any danger in flight with different version of shell ?

I bought phantom 3 pro in old version of shell , but I must change shell and I wonder if the new version of shell will be ok for me ?

msinger · Jul 26, 2016

photolucas84 said:
Is the possibility to mount old mainboard with engines in new wersion of shell ?

Yes. Everything will fit into the new shell.

photolucas84 said:
is there any danger in flight with different version of shell ?

No. All DJI did was reinforce some of the weak points in the original shell design.

flightjunkie · Sep 3, 2017

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I've discovered something I don't see mentioned in this thread.

I have a P3P with the newer style motors. I ordered a new shell from amazon (camrise seller) and it is the old style shell. The newer motors are not compatible with the old style shell. The newer motors need the notched out "V" in the tabs in order to mount correctly.
SO, if you have the newer style motors and plan to replace your shell, be sure to get the newer style shell.

Steve7777 · Sep 4, 2017

flightjunkie said:
Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I've discovered something I don't see mentioned in this thread.

I have a P3P with the newer style motors. I ordered a new shell from amazon (camrise seller) and it is the old style shell. The newer motors are not compatible with the old style shell. The newer motors need the notched out "V" in the tabs in order to mount correctly.
SO, if you have the newer style motors and plan to replace your shell, be sure to get the newer style shell.

If you follow the link in post #83 on this thread, it will take you to here: New? Shell Differences and you can see the differences. I'm sure it's been mentioned here more than once, although I admit it's sometimes difficult to dig everything out with a search..

I believe some people here have just modified the motor mounts by carefully filing down the tabs as necessary. The newer 'improved' design didn't put an end to the stress crack problem anyway.