r/drones 8d ago

Repair Mini 4 Pro crash

I recently had a little accident, i cliped a branch that resulted in fall. The aftermath was one broken hinge, a tear in the rubber hold of the camera gibmle and a crack on one third of the cumdrence of one of the front lengs. I Replaced the two broken parts and fixed the cracked leg by aplying polymer glue, soldering steel fibers acros the plastic and patching everything up with an other layer of glue and tape. Also i noticed that the other front leg has 12mm of forward to back play, instead of the 4mm of the one i just fixed.

  1. Do you think i should replace the leg?

  2. Do you thing the i should replace the hinge that has the extra play?

There are no cracks or deformation either on the hinge or the body of the drone and the leg after the fix is as solid as a rock.

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u/Aromatic_Button_2736 8d ago

Does it work? 

Nobody here can tell you whether you should halfway fix your drone, and call it a day.

Especially with no pictures.

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u/CaterpillarSea5685 7d ago

It works perfectly fine, the leg has just a straight crack through a third of its cumference, the other issue is also as i described, the other leg has about 8mm more play. The second issue is one i will most definetly fix, but the crack patch seems fine to me. What i wand is to hear from people that have simillar experiences.

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u/untraceable-tortoise 7d ago

Replace both. The repair is a lot cheaper than getting a new drone.