Thank you for making such a succinct, to-the-point video with absolutely zero BS and no clickbait! You covered everything perfectly, with both dialog and video. Two minutes twenty four seconds. That's what I call efficient! Best of luck to you in your droning activities!
Thanks a lot! That's what I was aiming for, I hate these long drawn videos with context noone needs. I'll try to tune my mike a bit better for any next videos though !
So true! When I was the the 2:25 video I was like "this got to be a video telling that he is going to upload the actual explanation on another video" but no! Straight to the point! I missed videos like this! Thank you so much man
#1 - You're not dumb. You had a crash. Crashes happen to the best pilots. #2 - You shared some valuable information with the rest of us, which makes you more of a hero, than dumb. Thank you for sharing your experience, what you tried, what worked, and what didn't. I live in Utah. We have LOTS of sand here. I may just need to be doing this procedure some day in the near future...
Thank you for taking the trouble to record and post this video - very valuable advice that worked well for you - and should work well for anyone else experiencing a similar misfortune
Excellent result. It sounded awful with the sand grinding in there. Glad you managed to fix it, and thanks for the tip!
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Thank you, you saved me 2 weeks and a lot of money. I had same problem with my Mavic 3. I tried all the methods. I poured alcohol on it and tried it with a toothbrush, but the plastic tips of the brush got stuck between the motor windings. Still, no sand came out. Finally, I put distilled water in a bowl, completely immersed the engine in it and took it out, and the grain of sand was gone. I vacuumed the water with a vacuum cleaner. I flew for half an hour and dried it completely.
I regularly fly on a construction site and also have crashed in dense dust, general air dusting did the job. Never experience jammed motors, however if ever it happens, now I know what to do. Thanks and cheers 👍🏼
My drone landed vertically, ending with 2 arms in the sand after failed hand catch. I worked on it for 2 and a half hours, but now it works again. Great video, thanks a lot. Extra tip; buy the ultra thin wooden tooth picks. Then position the gap between magnets in front of the coils. The ultra thin wooden tooth picks, fit in the gap so you can clean between the coil and the rotating part.
I was so close to sending my drone back for repair but luckily I ran across your video and you saved my drone's life!! Cheers!! Forgot to mention, I have an airbrush and was able to use the cleaning brushes from that.
one of the reasons DIY drones are so much better is you can take the bell off the stator and clean them out easily. you did a great job fixing an "unfix able" drone!
Thank you for the informative video, which I used to clean my drone, which crashed by my carelessness, when I hit a big tree and fell on the beach into the sand and on the coral. Thank God not into the sea. I have cleaned it as per your instructions, it is flying normally with no problem. Greetings from the Dominican Republic...
Thank you very much, I can confirm this trick is working on my DJI MINI, the rotors got beach sand. For those of you who is looking for the name of the Brush it's INTERDENTAL BRUSH - can easily be found on your local convenience store, I got mine from my local pharmacist.
thanks man! You literally saved my drone :-) I followed your helps. I had some sand in the gimbal rotors too... it was such a pain in the a$$ but I solved using a toothbrush.
Danke für das informative Video. Letztes Jahr ist meine DJI Mini 2 in Island durch eine falsche Handhabung in den Vulkansand abgestürzt.. Die Rotoren waren voller Sand. Ich konnte diese durch das ausblasen mit einer Luftdruckdose nur halbwegs reinigen. Darum habe ich mir diese Jahr eine DJI Mini 4 gekauft. Leider hat diese wieder in Island Sand abgekriegt (diesmal ohne Crash). Aber an einer sehr schönen Fotolocation (Stokksnes Island) liegt halt sehr viel Vulkanstaub in der Luft wenn es ein bisschen windet. Dank diesem Video habe ich beide Drohnen wieder völlig sauber gekriegt.
Thanks for sharing. Good info. My Mini 3 Pro had a stuck propeller. I went to DJI Singapore. And for it repaired for free because its still under warranty. I will do like you mentioned once no more warranty. Thanks alot.
Thanks! One thing that helps, but especially in humidity is to soak the motors in WD-40. It displaces water and humidity and makes almost anything electronic work better. It may have also helped remove that sand is my guess....just a guess....but a fairly educated one. I learned this way back when an organ tech came to our home to fix our organ. He opened the top panel where all the electronic controls were, sprayed them all liberally inside and out with WD-40....as I gasped in horror....and then closed the panel and said, "There! Now it will work perfectly for years to come!" Years later, it was still going strong with not even any scratchiness coming out of the volume adjustment....I've used it on contact plates for air conditioners, boat lift controls, and you name it....amazing!
@@yanassi, I understand your qualms for sure. Actually WD40 is non-petroleum, so it more or less resists dirt and sand, which when mixed with oil can form a sort of grinding compound. Always good to be careful though, right?
The only problem there is WD40 could strip the grease out of the motor bearings, which would lead to another set of problems. I'm assuming they use bearings & not bushings. But yeah WD40 Rocks! It's made of fish you know.....
When my drone was landing, it slid off the picnic table onto the sand on Lake Michigan and stuck one rotor into the sand. You can imagine how much my drone liked it. The rotor was stuck. Me and my wife used yours method and with one time use dental plastic spiral brushes and air compressor after one hours our drone was in the air again. Thanks for the great tip !
Got some sand in my Mini 3 Pro. My solution was different . Removed the blades from the rotor. Held upside down, and an electrical toothbrush was hold near the motor. Just a small jiggling of the rotor ccw and cw solve the issue in seconds. The vibration made it easy. Could be necessary a helper to hold the toothbrush. Replaced the blades after was clear the grain of sand is not anymore in the motor.
I had same issue ( crashing on sandy beach). I found that canned air didn’t create enough air pressure. I have a shop compressor with a needle tip nozzle. That afforded adequate air and small enough nozzel to get around the magnets
This really helped, thanks…I have not done the cleaning while typing, but it is very hopeful. I got sand in 2 drones within about 30 minutes…not smart!
In all seriousness though, you demonstrated a great method to clean up grit and foreign material in this type of motor. It no doubt reduced the expected lifespan of these small motors, but they are known to be very reliable over a really long period/number of hours. The loss of even, say 20% of the 3 motors lifetime wouldn't even be noticed by the average drone pilot. Do you have care refresh? It's not very expensive for the Mini Series- I think I paid $79. You could potentially get a replacement/exchange for a nominal fee. Thanks for putting this up!
I have a question: I crashed my drone at the beach in the sand. The first time I turned the rotors after that one of them was crunchy, but after a bit of turning it was fixed. Tested it out a little and it took off with no problems. Should I still do the same thing you did with the brushes or should I not worry about it anymore?
I would check with a light behind the motor and maybe use some high powered air/dental brushes to make sure that all sand is gone. If one little grain just decides to pop out in the next flight, your drone could be gone. And for the exhausted, that shouldn't be a problem!
Thanks for this. I have a set of brushes and didn’t even think to get them out. I got stuck in a tree on my 15th ish flight. My kid got it down somehow but the fall landed it in some wet rasa and now I’ve got dirt everywhere but the camera somehow.
You can use the a water method by either using a small water sprayer to washout the sand or remove the props like you did, turn it on and take each end and dip it into water and the water with the power of the motor will wash out the sand. (Did this trick with all my RC electric motors for years!) Afterwords spray it clean with Electric Cleaner to get any access water out or you can use the electric cleaner and use to washout all the sand and grit of your electric drone motors. Either way should be fine and whip up any access around the motors. It will dry out and vanish pretty quickly. Always, worked like a champ for me!
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Thank you, you saved me 2 weeks and a lot of money. I tried all the methods. I poured alcohol on it and tried it with a toothbrush, but the plastic tips of the brush got stuck between the motor windings. Still, no sand came out. Finally, I put distilled water in a bowl, completely immersed the engine in it and took it out, and the grain of sand was gone. I vacuumed the water with a vacuum cleaner. I flew for half an hour and dried it completely.
So its important to use a helipad mat or do hand take offs and landings to avoid debris? I also saw some cover caps for the motors, but the manual tells not to block, cover the motor vents. Not sure what to do on that matter. Some say its fine to use on YT, but I dont know if they just promote the sale of that aftermarket parts,or that dji likes to keep it open so people need to have repair or replacement of motors to do
I had same problem and fixed it with starter fluid (ether) spray. Using the straw that comes with can I blasted the sand out. This necessitated removal of just the sticker that covers bottom of motor-no tools needed. Only downside is that starting fluid is very flammable so do it outside away from flames.
in previous model if the drone failed to land I grabbed the bottom of the drone and upside down, it would also force the motor stop functioning. Not sure if it’s a better option to land or not as of now…
Im a noob after my first ever flight i cleaned mine with a tooth brush & washing up liquid. I think washing liquid got in motor its sticking & sometimes stops. Im glad i seen this video i know what I can do now
my mini 2 had an aftermarket accesory its like a cap that covers the motors keeping it particle resistant as the motors are completely sealed...i dont know if its avilable for the mini3
Definitely wouldn't say that you're dumb at all I actually made a similar mistake out of excitement where I was flying my drone through a tunnel (I was also walking behind it) because I was trying to get some footage. It ended up hitting one of the walls in the tunnel due to the fact that there wasn't enough ambient light. I was actually still able to fly but got worried about the sound of dirt particles being in one of the propellers. I also had a stripped screw in my right propeller so I just decided to send it out and pay for a replacement but if I would have found this video beforehand I would've just cleaned it out and continued on. Thanks for providing this solution and if I ever have this issue again I'll follow your recommendation.
If you find there's a resistance on the motor shaft don't force it to spin, clean it and try to spin slowly repeat until the the shafts spin free, a big landing pad is a must
Nice thank you, great video and instructions. Can I ask though if what would you suggest be done if the particles that get stuck in the motors are somewhat magnetic and stick to in stator magnets? And what if some particles get stuck on thr gimbal head? Thank you God bless
The dental brushes worked wonders for me for the magnetic particles! And for the gimbal I don't know because I never checked how to get into the cracks
Ooh that gritty sound!! Yeah motors and grit don't mix well⚠️ I always launch off a piece of clean cardboard or the box my drone came in and hand catch it. Never launch or land on the ground, the prop wash will blow up all sorts of debris into your motors. Good tips on cleaning your motors and glad you fixed it. I've added your channel, hopefully you'll connect with another Mini drone pilot?
Thanks for that. I haven't had the problem but often had wondered about the issue. It's made me more aware of my future flying environments and to try and avoid the issue in the first place. Could you have hand caught it ?
another option might be dip the motor in oil so the friction is lower and blow out the oil, then you have to rinse well with water and bar soap foam, it disolves oil much better than any gel soap.
I had some issues with one(i'm not really sure with thich) motor too on Mini 3 Pro and i would get the ERROR ESC bug on screen. I blew into all 4 motors a contact cleaner spray. I did good amount but not too much. I span it manually for few circles and let it dry out. Now drone starts perfectly well.
If the drone started to act erratically, there might have been an issue with the drone itself. My friend had a Mini 3 Pro that all of a suddenly crashed into a lake he was flying over. He was about 2 meters above, so not that low. He reached out to DJI and they checked his flight logs and decided the drone had some problem and sent him a new one for free, despite not having any DJI Care. Also if there isn't a suitable terrain for landing, I grab mine and turn it around so the propellers stop. Or land on your car :D
yep this hapend to me like 3 times and 2 of it during landing it's kinda easy to fix (DJI mini 2) just carefully rotate it and blow it off if that won't help blow it off with compressor it's kinda easy to fix but be carefull so you won't damage the motor with force spining
Thanks for this video! Congrats saving the drone! I would use my 8 bar hobby compressor to blow out the debrief. Flying my new DJI Mini 3 PRO for the first time today... Time 01:49. I unintentionally got into, and tangled up in that start up check stuff and tried "everything" and somehow got through it. What's the action expected by the drone in that sequence?
In the world of FPV drones, when I inevtably end up with sand in my motors, I get them to spin with a little crunch just by forcing it and get rid of the last of the crunch by arming the drone and letting it sit with the props spinning for about 30 seconds. If its really bad you can take apart fpv motors and use Blue-Tac to get the sand off.
Brother, good channel, I have a new mini 3 and I hit a cable 50 cm from the ground, it works fine but it does not go forward or backward, what can I do?
@@LuWolharn good morning, I was able to recover the drone, I just washed the motors with wd-40, maybe it had dirt, then I put dielectric grease on the motors, I also did it with the mini2 6 months ago, I hope it helps
You can try isopropyl and small brush at the same time so when the sand got wet it will remove the debris… it is really time consuming but patience is a virtue 😅 doing it now while watching
@@LuWolharn All the equipment vibrates when taking off, but soon after it works normally, it stays that way for only a few seconds after takeoff. The gimbal is normal. ua-cam.com/video/xk-tMxvi8R0/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
@@LuWolharn ele treme todo, o gimbal está normal, isso acontece por alguns segundos apenas, como no video que gravei ua-cam.com/video/xk-tMxvi8R0/v-deo.html
@@rogeriocarvalho47 oh okay. Are all the props clean/without damage? I'm actually not sure what the problem is but it looks a little bit risky because in strong winds this could be a problem! Clean rotors and maybe swap props for new one are my only ideas
@@LuWolharn It flies normally after this happens, there are no alarms or warnings of software problems, it flies very well, it only happens when taking off, here (in Brazil) no one can figure out what the problem is, I've already cleaned it. Thanks for the help!
personally i would recommend to unscrew the motor out, and uses any method stated in the video to clean it, so that the sand do not stays under the motor(not inside) and it will make 100% sure the sand will not go back into the motor
This is what worked for me too. Once I got it to where they rotors would turn on their own I again used compressed air from a shop compressor with the rotors turning without props on. That blew out any residual dust and sand particles. The canned air doesn't have enough psi. Blowing them out while running was key.
You could take the drone with your hand, rotate it and voilà, it would have stop. You could have land it on top of your car too. But it's a great video for those who unfortunately have been through the same thing 👍🏽
Very helpful. Another question: Will be in Chile next February. From what I gather so far the only way to register to fly my Mini 3 Pro is to appear in person and take a written test. Was this your experience? Any advise?
Might be online but I didn't get a response when I wanted to register mine. I just flew in remote areas. Bringing the drone was not a Problem in this weight category but I would have never flown in the national parks, because there they are very strict!
I have one mini 3 pro, and i had the same problem in one motor, i solve this did put compressed air in motor, in the top, botton, sides and solve this.... today i take on and take off in my hand, with care
You can flush them with distilled water which you can get off Amazon etc. Always hand launch and catch on beaches and you have no issues as it still happens with launch mats. Or if you want to fly at a beach location, take off from the tarmac and fly distance to the beach. Glad you got it working.
Unfortunately my drone just wouldn't land anywhere (Floor, hand, car Roof) so I didn't know what to do. I could have just let the batter run out but I didn't wanna wait 40 min.
There are a few things I could have done better 😅 I did this back with my mini 2 but in the video you can see that it was pretty windy so the drone was super jittery and I didn't wanna get cut, which also happened once..
It probably didn't recognize the Floor as "landable". There were multiple problems that flight: - I got the high altitude warning and clicked it away - once in the air even though it was just a few meters away the video feed was super choppy (around 1-2 images/s) - didn't wanna land (not exactly sure why) - high wind warning
А можно просто закрыть движки алюминивой крышкой и все будет хорошо. Особенно если взлетать с руки и на руку сажать... Сажать дрон в песок это плохая идея. Если грязь попадёт в подвес стабилизатора камеры, это будет не очень хорошо.
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Thank you for making such a succinct, to-the-point video with absolutely zero BS and no clickbait!
You covered everything perfectly, with both dialog and video. Two minutes twenty four seconds. That's what I call efficient!
Best of luck to you in your droning activities!
Thanks a lot!
That's what I was aiming for, I hate these long drawn videos with context noone needs.
I'll try to tune my mike a bit better for any next videos though !
So true! When I was the the 2:25 video I was like "this got to be a video telling that he is going to upload the actual explanation on another video" but no! Straight to the point! I missed videos like this! Thank you so much man
#1 - You're not dumb. You had a crash. Crashes happen to the best pilots. #2 - You shared some valuable information with the rest of us, which makes you more of a hero, than dumb. Thank you for sharing your experience, what you tried, what worked, and what didn't. I live in Utah. We have LOTS of sand here. I may just need to be doing this procedure some day in the near future...
Thank you for taking the trouble to record and post this video - very valuable advice that worked well for you - and should work well for anyone else experiencing a similar misfortune
What a lovely comment. Thank you!
Excellent result. It sounded awful with the sand grinding in there. Glad you managed to fix it, and thanks for the tip!
Thank you, you saved me 2 weeks and a lot of money. I had same problem with my Mavic 3. I tried all the methods. I poured alcohol on it and tried it with a toothbrush, but the plastic tips of the brush got stuck between the motor windings. Still, no sand came out. Finally, I put distilled water in a bowl, completely immersed the engine in it and took it out, and the grain of sand was gone. I vacuumed the water with a vacuum cleaner. I flew for half an hour and dried it completely.
I regularly fly on a construction site and also have crashed in dense dust, general air dusting did the job. Never experience jammed motors, however if ever it happens, now I know what to do. Thanks and cheers 👍🏼
Idk why I didn't think of canned air. I've had a drone sitting on the shelf for a year but got it fixed with your help. Thank you!
My drone landed vertically, ending with 2 arms in the sand after failed hand catch. I worked on it for 2 and a half hours, but now it works again. Great video, thanks a lot.
Extra tip; buy the ultra thin wooden tooth picks. Then position the gap between magnets in front of the coils. The ultra thin wooden tooth picks, fit in the gap so you can clean between the coil and the rotating part.
This is the best video I’ve seen for cleaning it. Granted I’ve only seen 2 so far, but I can tell this one is exactly what I need to do. Gracias
I was so close to sending my drone back for repair but luckily I ran across your video and you saved my drone's life!! Cheers!! Forgot to mention, I have an airbrush and was able to use the cleaning brushes from that.
I'm very happy to hear that!
Thanks for the nice comment:)
one of the reasons DIY drones are so much better is you can take the bell off the stator and clean them out easily. you did a great job fixing an "unfix able" drone!
And if you cannot fully clean the ferrous sand particles off the magnets, you can choose to replace the motor bell only.
How you can take off the bell? Just pulling?
There is a disassembly video here on UA-cam that should help you
Vielen Dank für deine wertvollen Tipps! Du hast das Leben unserer geliebten DJI noch im Urlaub gerettet!!!
Das freut mich zu hören!:) viel Spass!
Yesterday I crashed my Mavic Mini and thanks to your idea with the brushes it's already been in the air Today. Thanks a lot!
Happy to hear!
Thank you for the informative video, which I used to clean my drone, which crashed by my carelessness, when I hit a big tree and fell on the beach into the sand and on the coral. Thank God not into the sea. I have cleaned it as per your instructions, it is flying normally with no problem. Greetings from the Dominican Republic...
Thank you very much, I can confirm this trick is working on my DJI MINI, the rotors got beach sand. For those of you who is looking for the name of the Brush it's INTERDENTAL BRUSH - can easily be found on your local convenience store, I got mine from my local pharmacist.
Thanks brooooo ! You’re my savior ❤
thanks man! You literally saved my drone :-) I followed your helps. I had some sand in the gimbal rotors too... it was such a pain in the a$$ but I solved using a toothbrush.
Very happy my advice helped! Fly safe :)
Thank you for your time making and sharing this very useful video. Very appreciated.
Thanks for the nice comment!
Very good Tips. 🙂👍👍
Danke für das informative Video. Letztes Jahr ist meine DJI Mini 2 in Island durch eine falsche Handhabung in den Vulkansand abgestürzt.. Die Rotoren waren voller Sand.
Ich konnte diese durch das ausblasen mit einer Luftdruckdose nur halbwegs reinigen. Darum habe ich mir diese Jahr eine DJI Mini 4 gekauft.
Leider hat diese wieder in Island Sand abgekriegt (diesmal ohne Crash). Aber an einer sehr schönen Fotolocation (Stokksnes Island) liegt halt sehr viel Vulkanstaub in der Luft wenn es ein bisschen windet. Dank diesem Video habe ich beide Drohnen wieder völlig sauber gekriegt.
Nice job on the repair! This is great information.
Thanks for sharing. Good info. My Mini 3 Pro had a stuck propeller. I went to DJI Singapore. And for it repaired for free because its still under warranty.
I will do like you mentioned once no more warranty. Thanks alot.
Thanks! One thing that helps, but especially in humidity is to soak the motors in WD-40. It displaces water and humidity and makes almost anything electronic work better. It may have also helped remove that sand is my guess....just a guess....but a fairly educated one. I learned this way back when an organ tech came to our home to fix our organ. He opened the top panel where all the electronic controls were, sprayed them all liberally inside and out with WD-40....as I gasped in horror....and then closed the panel and said, "There! Now it will work perfectly for years to come!" Years later, it was still going strong with not even any scratchiness coming out of the volume adjustment....I've used it on contact plates for air conditioners, boat lift controls, and you name it....amazing!
Maybe, a sticky substance like wd40 or any oil, grease, etc could stick particles that would’ve flown/dropped off naturally. I’d be wary.
@@yanassi, I understand your qualms for sure. Actually WD40 is non-petroleum, so it more or less resists dirt and sand, which when mixed with oil can form a sort of grinding compound. Always good to be careful though, right?
The only problem there is WD40 could strip the grease out of the motor bearings, which would lead to another set of problems. I'm assuming they use bearings & not bushings.
But yeah WD40 Rocks! It's made of fish you know.....
@@mclovin583 "It's made of fish you know....."
That's a myth. It's not.
@@ddegn Whoosh!
My man! Trop satisfaisant qd ils retournent bien smoothles rotors
Haha pareillesszz :D
When my drone was landing, it slid off the picnic table onto the sand on Lake Michigan and stuck one rotor into the sand. You can imagine how much my drone liked it. The rotor was stuck. Me and my wife used yours method and with one time use dental plastic spiral brushes and air compressor after one hours our drone was in the air again. Thanks for the great tip !
Got some sand in my Mini 3 Pro. My solution was different . Removed the blades from the rotor. Held upside down, and an electrical toothbrush was hold near the motor. Just a small jiggling of the rotor ccw and cw solve the issue in seconds. The vibration made it easy. Could be necessary a helper to hold the toothbrush. Replaced the blades after was clear the grain of sand is not anymore in the motor.
Soins pretty smart ! Good job :)
It worked like a charm thank you!
Great video. I always try to learn from others....
thanks and hello from Brazil
I had same issue ( crashing on sandy beach). I found that canned air didn’t create enough air pressure. I have a shop compressor with a needle tip nozzle. That afforded adequate air and small enough nozzel to get around the magnets
Thanks for the tip. I really need to learn how to launch and recover from a hand held state.
This really helped, thanks…I have not done the cleaning while typing, but it is very hopeful. I got sand in 2 drones within about 30 minutes…not smart!
In all seriousness though, you demonstrated a great method to clean up grit and foreign material in this type of motor. It no doubt reduced the expected lifespan of these small motors, but they are known to be very reliable over a really long period/number of hours. The loss of even, say 20% of the 3 motors lifetime wouldn't even be noticed by the average drone pilot. Do you have care refresh? It's not very expensive for the Mini Series- I think I paid $79. You could potentially get a replacement/exchange for a nominal fee. Thanks for putting this up!
Very good, thanks for sharing the info and your experience !
I have a question: I crashed my drone at the beach in the sand. The first time I turned the rotors after that one of them was crunchy, but after a bit of turning it was fixed. Tested it out a little and it took off with no problems. Should I still do the same thing you did with the brushes or should I not worry about it anymore?
Also what about sand getting into the other parts of the drone? There are some exhausts on top of it as well as some behind the gimbal
I would check with a light behind the motor and maybe use some high powered air/dental brushes to make sure that all sand is gone. If one little grain just decides to pop out in the next flight, your drone could be gone. And for the exhausted, that shouldn't be a problem!
@@LuWolharn Alright! Thanks. The test wasn’t very long anyways since it had low battery. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for this. I have a set of brushes and didn’t even think to get them out. I got stuck in a tree on my 15th ish flight. My kid got it down somehow but the fall landed it in some wet rasa and now I’ve got dirt everywhere but the camera somehow.
You can use the a water method by either using a small water sprayer to washout the sand or remove the props like you did, turn it on and take each end and dip it into water and the water with the power of the motor will wash out the sand. (Did this trick with all my RC electric motors for years!) Afterwords spray it clean with Electric Cleaner to get any access water out or you can use the electric cleaner and use to washout all the sand and grit of your electric drone motors. Either way should be fine and whip up any access around the motors. It will dry out and vanish pretty quickly. Always, worked like a champ for me!
Thank you, you saved me 2 weeks and a lot of money. I tried all the methods. I poured alcohol on it and tried it with a toothbrush, but the plastic tips of the brush got stuck between the motor windings. Still, no sand came out. Finally, I put distilled water in a bowl, completely immersed the engine in it and took it out, and the grain of sand was gone. I vacuumed the water with a vacuum cleaner. I flew for half an hour and dried it completely.
So its important to use a helipad mat or do hand take offs and landings to avoid debris? I also saw some cover caps for the motors, but the manual tells not to block, cover the motor vents. Not sure what to do on that matter. Some say its fine to use on YT, but I dont know if they just promote the sale of that aftermarket parts,or that dji likes to keep it open so people need to have repair or replacement of motors to do
im going to the beach taking my drone with me and this video came up, thanks a lot im gonna be very careful with the sand
Enjoy and take care!
that was helpful :D,
I have same problem after i clean all is good, but it happens again after a few days , what it could be ?
Excellent video!! Thank you!!!
I had same problem and fixed it with starter fluid (ether) spray. Using the straw that comes with can I blasted the sand out. This necessitated removal of just the sticker that covers bottom of motor-no tools needed. Only downside is that starting fluid is very flammable so do it outside away from flames.
Hey Lucas. Thanks for sharing this.
That's a great tip. Thank you for posting this video.
in previous model if the drone failed to land I grabbed the bottom of the drone and upside down, it would also force the motor stop functioning. Not sure if it’s a better option to land or not as of now…
Im a noob after my first ever flight i cleaned mine with a tooth brush & washing up liquid. I think washing liquid got in motor its sticking & sometimes stops.
Im glad i seen this video i know what I can do now
my mini 2 had an aftermarket accesory its like a cap that covers the motors keeping it particle resistant as the motors are completely sealed...i dont know if its avilable for the mini3
Definitely wouldn't say that you're dumb at all I actually made a similar mistake out of excitement where I was flying my drone through a tunnel (I was also walking behind it) because I was trying to get some footage. It ended up hitting one of the walls in the tunnel due to the fact that there wasn't enough ambient light.
I was actually still able to fly but got worried about the sound of dirt particles being in one of the propellers.
I also had a stripped screw in my right propeller so I just decided to send it out and pay for a replacement but if I would have found this video beforehand I would've just cleaned it out and continued on.
Thanks for providing this solution and if I ever have this issue again I'll follow your recommendation.
I think the brush technique and a more high powered compressor should do the trick, but I hope you won't need it ;)!
@@LuWolharn agreed. Going through DJI care was not the easiest thing so I will surely be more careful.
Man I really need to visit this place. It looks so cool.
Thanks a lot! This is really Useful!
On amazon we can buy new motor for arm, can you make a video on how to disassemble front arm and replace motor on DJI Mini 4 Pro?
If you find there's a resistance on the motor shaft don't force it to spin, clean it and try to spin slowly repeat until the the shafts spin free, a big landing pad is a must
if you turn it when there is resistance you are damaging the motor
I have the same problem but the sand also got to the gimbal. Not sure how to clean that
Nice thank you, great video and instructions.
Can I ask though if what would you suggest be done if the particles that get stuck in the motors are somewhat magnetic and stick to in stator magnets? And what if some particles get stuck on thr gimbal head?
Thank you God bless
The dental brushes worked wonders for me for the magnetic particles! And for the gimbal I don't know because I never checked how to get into the cracks
@@LuWolharn ok understood, thank you, it is a great help, appreciate it,
God bless
Great idea. There must be a lot of iron in your sand. Here too. I will give the brush a try.
I wonder what coating of the winding wires or elsewhere inside the motor might be solvent in alcohol?
Since that incident I flew around 250 km with that drone without any issues so I think it's safe to use!
I have problem with my dji mini 2
( system error ) how to solve
Ooh that gritty sound!!
Yeah motors and grit don't mix well⚠️
I always launch off a piece of clean cardboard or the box my drone came in and hand catch it.
Never launch or land on the ground, the prop wash will blow up all sorts of debris into your motors.
Good tips on cleaning your motors and glad you fixed it.
I've added your channel, hopefully you'll connect with another Mini drone pilot?
If you were me, would you just go straight to the brushes? Or do the air and the alcohol AND the brushes?
i think i'd try to get compressed air in and if that doesn't work, brush method:)
Thanks for that. I haven't had the problem but often had wondered about the issue. It's made me more aware of my future flying environments and to try and avoid the issue in the first place. Could you have hand caught it ?
another option might be dip the motor in oil so the friction is lower and blow out the oil,
then you have to rinse well with water and bar soap foam, it disolves oil much better than any gel soap.
I had some issues with one(i'm not really sure with thich) motor too on Mini 3 Pro and i would get the ERROR ESC bug on screen.
I blew into all 4 motors a contact cleaner spray.
I did good amount but not too much.
I span it manually for few circles and let it dry out.
Now drone starts perfectly well.
If the drone started to act erratically, there might have been an issue with the drone itself. My friend had a Mini 3 Pro that all of a suddenly crashed into a lake he was flying over. He was about 2 meters above, so not that low. He reached out to DJI and they checked his flight logs and decided the drone had some problem and sent him a new one for free, despite not having any DJI Care. Also if there isn't a suitable terrain for landing, I grab mine and turn it around so the propellers stop. Or land on your car :D
yep this hapend to me like 3 times and 2 of it during landing it's kinda easy to fix (DJI mini 2) just carefully rotate it and blow it off if that won't help blow it off with compressor it's kinda easy to fix but be carefull so you won't damage the motor with force spining
Thank you for sharing this valuable tip.
Have you tried doing a review on prop motor guard?
No I never used them but since I know how to repair them now, and don't wanna add weight to it, I'll probably continue without it.
Thanks for this video!
Congrats saving the drone! I would use my 8 bar hobby compressor to blow out the debrief.
Flying my new DJI Mini 3 PRO for the first time today...
Time 01:49. I unintentionally got into, and tangled up in that start up check stuff and tried "everything" and somehow got through it. What's the action expected by the drone in that sequence?
In the world of FPV drones, when I inevtably end up with sand in my motors, I get them to spin with a little crunch just by forcing it and get rid of the last of the crunch by arming the drone and letting it sit with the props spinning for about 30 seconds. If its really bad you can take apart fpv motors and use Blue-Tac to get the sand off.
Very helpful. Thanks for the video.
Brother, good channel, I have a new mini 3 and I hit a cable 50 cm from the ground, it works fine but it does not go forward or backward, what can I do?
The drone can take off but not move horizontally? Sounds like something that's no super easily fixed, try writing with the dji support
@@LuWolharn Thanks! theres no support in my country, Mexico,
My video, where i work, in youtube, "mini 2 206"
@@LuWolharn good morning, I was able to recover the drone, I just washed the motors with wd-40, maybe it had dirt, then I put dielectric grease on the motors, I also did it with the mini2 6 months ago, I hope it helps
Wonderful! Glad to hear!
Can we put screens in these?
Nice . Good one there
Thanks for the advice... and more ideas from the comments. Seems as though landing on hand or rooftop of car will prevent many dust issues.
Thank you very much!!!! You saved me 😊
What size brushes did you use?
Great video.
The sound horror sound in the second 32 it makes me cry
You can try isopropyl and small brush at the same time so when the sand got wet it will remove the debris… it is really time consuming but patience is a virtue 😅 doing it now while watching
My DJI Mini 3 shakes right after taking off and then stops, flying normally, what can it be?
The gimbal? If what is shaking?
@@LuWolharn All the equipment vibrates when taking off, but soon after it works normally, it stays that way for only a few seconds after takeoff. The gimbal is normal. ua-cam.com/video/xk-tMxvi8R0/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
@@LuWolharn ele treme todo, o gimbal está normal, isso acontece por alguns segundos apenas, como no video que gravei ua-cam.com/video/xk-tMxvi8R0/v-deo.html
@@rogeriocarvalho47 oh okay. Are all the props clean/without damage? I'm actually not sure what the problem is but it looks a little bit risky because in strong winds this could be a problem! Clean rotors and maybe swap props for new one are my only ideas
@@LuWolharn It flies normally after this happens, there are no alarms or warnings of software problems, it flies very well, it only happens when taking off, here (in Brazil) no one can figure out what the problem is, I've already cleaned it. Thanks for the help!
Have you ever thought about motor caps?
No
personally i would recommend to unscrew the motor out, and uses any method stated in the video to clean it, so that the sand do not stays under the motor(not inside) and it will make 100% sure the sand will not go back into the motor
You can't easily open them on the mini 3 pro
Tks for the tips!
Great information, hope i never have to do this on my drone.
Thanks a lot for your video, i have tbe same issur with mine, i'll test that
The best and easiest way is to use an actual Air compressor. 120psi. 3 seconds per motor. Spotless.
Spot on :)
This is what worked for me too. Once I got it to where they rotors would turn on their own I again used compressed air from a shop compressor with the rotors turning without props on. That blew out any residual dust and sand particles. The canned air doesn't have enough psi. Blowing them out while running was key.
Super Helpful Buddy thanks 🙏
You could take the drone with your hand, rotate it and voilà, it would have stop. You could have land it on top of your car too. But it's a great video for those who unfortunately have been through the same thing 👍🏽
Very helpful. Another question: Will be in Chile next February. From what I gather so far the only way to register to fly my Mini 3 Pro is to appear in person and take a written test. Was this your experience? Any advise?
Might be online but I didn't get a response when I wanted to register mine. I just flew in remote areas. Bringing the drone was not a Problem in this weight category but I would have never flown in the national parks, because there they are very strict!
Us FPV guys are all having a silent chuckle
It's good that I can imitate it.... Thank you👍👍👍 Greetings from one sky
Where did you get the brushes??
In a bigger supermarket next to the toothbrushes :)
thx u 4 ur information...ur vid is very helpfull
Life saver
I have one mini 3 pro, and i had the same problem in one motor, i solve this did put compressed air in motor, in the top, botton, sides and solve this.... today i take on and take off in my hand, with care
You can flush them with distilled water which you can get off Amazon etc. Always hand launch and catch on beaches and you have no issues as it still happens with launch mats. Or if you want to fly at a beach location, take off from the tarmac and fly distance to the beach. Glad you got it working.
Unfortunately my drone just wouldn't land anywhere (Floor, hand, car Roof) so I didn't know what to do. I could have just let the batter run out but I didn't wanna wait 40 min.
@@LuWolharn hey there! Great repair job. On landing issue, you could just catch it by hand and quickly flip it over. This should shut it down.
There are a few things I could have done better 😅
I did this back with my mini 2 but in the video you can see that it was pretty windy so the drone was super jittery and I didn't wanna get cut, which also happened once..
Haha Fight fight fight !
@Martin Jansen yeah missed that but at least I’m not a wank like you
Do you know why it wouldn't land?
It probably didn't recognize the Floor as "landable".
There were multiple problems that flight:
- I got the high altitude warning and clicked it away
- once in the air even though it was just a few meters away the video feed was super choppy (around 1-2 images/s)
- didn't wanna land (not exactly sure why)
- high wind warning
Thanks. It saved my mini se
You were flying 12,000 ft up?
I stated around 4200m (= almost 14000 ft) altitude but didn't very high because of several issues.
А можно просто закрыть движки алюминивой крышкой и все будет хорошо. Особенно если взлетать с руки и на руку сажать... Сажать дрон в песок это плохая идея. Если грязь попадёт в подвес стабилизатора камеры, это будет не очень хорошо.
what is kv this motor
7,4 V
3,71 W
good job