Mainboard and flight controller
Broken traces, burnt components, memory shaken loose. We solder on the board itself rather than replacing it, even when the part is no longer supplied.
Aircraft
Getting a Phantom and Inspire repaired
Out of production, so repairing is often the only route.
- Phantom 3
- Phantom 4
- Phantom 4 Pro
- Inspire 1
- Inspire 2
The Phantom and the Inspire are no longer made, and that is exactly what makes them interesting to us. Anyone with a dead Phantom 4 Pro will not be offered a repair by an official service, at best a proposal to move to a new aircraft. While the aircraft itself still produces perfectly good images.
This is where our value is greatest. A board that is no longer supplied we can still repair — lay in a trace, replace a burnt component, re-seat a chip shaken loose by an impact. For parts that are genuinely exhausted we search the second-hand market or use an equivalent, and we always say in advance which.
Do expect somewhat longer turnaround than on a current Mavic. Sourcing parts sometimes takes time; you hear that straight away, with a date attached.
Repairs
What we see most on a Phantom and Inspire
Gimbal and camera
Small motors that keep shaking, ribbons torn at the fold, an image hanging crooked or soft on one side. Often the result of thousands of folds.
Motors and ESCs
A motor that stutters, an arm that will not spin up, controllers blown after a crash. We replace the failed component, not the whole module.
Pricing
Roughly what does it cost?
Inspection and diagnosisGo ahead with the repair and this amount drops off. Decline, and it is all you pay.
from €49Gimbal ribbon or gimbal motor replacement
from €89Repair on your drone’s electronicsTraces, components and chips that came loose
from €165Work outside this listPer hour or part thereof, always estimated up front
from €65 / hourReady to send your aircraft?
Briefly describe what is wrong. Within one working day you will know what it probably is and roughly what it costs.