Starting this one back up again because quite simply, I haven't gotten around to repairing the 3 bad birds that I got on ebay. You remember the ones, legs removed/ripped off, unknown booting errors. What I need to know (to help with diagnosis) is the following:
1: If I have 1 bad motor, will that stop the Solo from booting? Or will the solo boot, but only 3 of the motors spin? I've read mixed responses on that one.
2: I think at least 2 people here bought the 3 pack of drones from "aimin1to99". The seemed to have the same packing issues, but wondering if they also have the same faults (because I'm suspecting he had a whole bunch more, he sorted through them, put them in piles, and then just did combo backs when selling them. So what were the issues you discovered with your birds?
3: Why the heck didn't 3DR sell replacement antenna legs? I see skyhax says you can just pull the antenna from any aul wireless router.... Anyone else using any other inventive solutions? Because I swear, I'll do something stupid like get a 3ft antenna leg and then have to make 3 really big leg extenders.... but the range should be fantastic..... I saw one antenna leg for sale on Ebay, but with only 1 photo, and no view of the antenna or the connector, it made me a bit suspicious.
What I may try and do (time allowing) is take 1 bird at a time, take a video of my highly inaccurate diagnosis and problem solving (mungo hit!) and post it. That way people can chime in with advice and turn it into a bit of a learning tool for those that want to improve their drone repair skills. Any thoughts? Sorry I should be more specific... Any thoughts relating to this post?