stress cracks on new PSA new motors

Pluto88888 · Oct 22, 2015

Stress cracks on new P3A motors purchased two days ago flew it less than 10 minutes today I noticed a stress crack here.
Amazon uk sending me a replacement this Monday any idea how to prevent this from happening again.

B- Scene Films · Oct 22, 2015

Strong Arm reinforcement plates

III% Streve · Oct 22, 2015

B- Scene Films said:
Strong Arm reinforcement plates

Worthless...

BobW · Oct 22, 2015

Take that photo again.

Pluto88888 · Oct 22, 2015

No cracks on the screws just on the top.

JoeyJoe · Oct 22, 2015

Pluto88888 said:
Stress cracks on new P3A motors purchased two days ago flew it less than 10 minutes today I noticed a stress crack here.
Amazon uk sending me a replacement this Monday any idea how to prevent this from happening again.

Isn't this different than what has been reported with others?

alirz · Oct 22, 2015

That's a terrible picture...

bighi · Oct 22, 2015

This is a location I haven't seen yet.

JoeyJoe · Oct 22, 2015

alirz said:
That's a terrible picture...

It's a good picture of the wood grain in the table though.....

Pluto88888 · Oct 22, 2015

Guys sorry about the picture here is a updated one

John Locke · Oct 22, 2015

Wow, that's the new motor, hence it's a new shell I would think. Cracks on top had not been seen before, they've always been on the bottom, near the motor screws.

I think DJIs plastic vendors don't know what they're doing. It appears the molding process is making brittle shells, either the plastic is cooling too quick or they are using a bad plastic mix. Possibly recycled plastic, hah!

Pluto, what temperature were you flying in?

alirz · Oct 22, 2015

Hmmm that doesn't look to be a stress crack, if I'm not mistaken. I would think that most stress is on the lower part of the shell as the motor mounts on the lower part. The top part of the shell is not even touched by the motors.
In fact I would think the top part of the shell to be more stronger due to its mating with the lower part.

fastsmiles · Oct 22, 2015

It does not look like a stress crack from motor torque. It's right over the screw that holds the shells together and I would guess that the screw has been over tightened and damaged the upper shell. There's no stop on those screws.

zx10guy1 · Oct 22, 2015

Buy a yuneec typhoon ! It's what I'm doing done with DJI !

III% Streve · Oct 22, 2015

zx10guy1 said:
Buy a yuneec typhoon ! It's what I'm doing done with DJI !

LOLOL... Needed a good laugh. Thank you!

zx10guy1 · Oct 22, 2015

Problem is when the DJI is gone for months getting repaired the yuneec will be in the air ! Lol

zx10guy1 · Oct 22, 2015

My reason for leaving DJI too arrogant people seem to own them and troll the forums!

III% Streve · Oct 22, 2015

zx10guy1 said:
Problem is when the DJI is gone for months getting repaired the yuneec will be in the air ! Lol

How long was your gone? What did they do when you sent it in for a crack repair? How much did it cost you? The Yuneec is a POS!! Its an over priced TOY. None used by anyone for professional purposes. DJIs are used world wide for everything.

And for the record.. those are rhetorical questions. Im betting your answer is that you have no experience. Just talk.