The resulting entanglement resulted in me frantically running towards the tree in the hopes of catching my craft before it finished tumbling from one branch to another as the cruel laws of gravity were observed by my craft until it hit the ground. I was less than 3 feet from making a miraculous catch. NUTS!
End result: 1 broken prop, the camera popped out of it's mount (Which resulted in the usual 3 wire breakage) and the body has a hairline crack (No separation at all) on the spar that impacted first.
After installing a new prop, carefully inspecting the camera for any obvious physical damage (could not find any) and popping the rubber bushings back in I went back out and checked to see if I could still connect.
After what seemed like forever, I was able to establish satellite lock and the bird initialized. I made a REALLY short test flight and landed.
My questions going forward are:
Would just running a thin layer of super glue over the crack suffice? 2 part epoxy be better? Or is that crack going to just keep growing from the stress of the motor lifting the body until it completely breaks?
I noticed that when I disengaged the motors I swear I could hear a slight buzzing coming from the Typhoon G that I don't seem to remember hearing before. Maybe I just never noticed it before and I am just being hyper sensitive to it now?
Thanks for any and all advice.
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