Yes, those are exactly the kind of repairs (portrayed in Augustine's video and alluded to in PatR's post) I must make to my H Pro just as soon as the parts arrive, which with any luck should be before the end of the week. Luckily the Typhoon was only a few feet off of the ground when I erroneously backed it into a thicket, the props caught some tall grass and small branches, and down it went. But between the force of the fall and the torque of the props grabbing the vegetation, there was enough force present on the camera housing to displace the camera rail mount, snapping one of the 2 plastic pins in half and popping one of the 4 rubber dampers so far away I could not find it despite a half hour-long search.
The repair kit comes with 2 pins and 4 dampers. One of the pins and damper assemblies on my H is still in place in the mount. I wonder if I should cut the pin and just replace it and the damper or simply leave them in place, keeping the second pin in the event of another similar crash, which I most sincerely hope to avoid in the future? I learned my lesson well about camera/craft orientation and flight control when I crashed it, and I wasn't relieved about any possible unseen damage I may have done to my machine until I took my Typhoon back into the sky yesterday minus the camera just to ensure it was still operating fine, which I'm happy to say it is. Yuneec has built a tough, sturdy unit in the Typhoon H.
I've been trying to figure out why a completely pilot-error related crash feels better to me for some reason than a weird, hard-to-explain "fly away" crash would or some other wholly equipment-related accident, and I think it comes down to a matter of having a feeling of personal control over the aircraft. I guess I don't feel - nor do I WANT to feel - the victimization most of us would experience if our beloved bird were to just suddenly fly off on its own accord or come down somewhere unseen due to some built-in failure beyond our control. MY Typhoon H crashed because of something I did with it. I can accept that reality. I know it makes it easier to believe that all of the technical problems with flying a drone have already been worked out by the pros and the scientific experts, and that all we have to do on our end as pilots is to fly it safely, correctly, within the specs of its design, and in adequate spaces to ensure us years of piloting enjoyment. In theory, at least, that's how things should work.
Pilot error I can handle and will gladly take responsibility for it when it happens to me, hopefully learning from it and then growing into being a better UAV pilot. That is something tangible I can hold in my hands. Any other cause of a flying mishap would leave me feeling taken advantage of and totally victimized. Being a victim is just not a role I am comfortable with or ready to adopt. It disempowers an individual and robs him or her of their own volition.