Drone Battery Burned and part of circuit - is it fixable ?

[drp37]

During last trip, my drone was in the bag with the battery. It started smoking in bag and next thing I know battery was melting and it got stuck to the drone. After I carefully removed battery, I realized that drone circuit where it connects with battery is burned as well. I ordered the new battery but is the battery connector on drone replaceable ? Can I send it to be fixed ? Or can I fix it by ordering parts ? Attaching pic for reference.
Thanks you.
Patel

 

[Liger 1956]

As far as I am aware the battery connector is not available as a spare part. You could try phoning Parrot direct and asking them.

Do you know why the Anafi started smoking? Was it lose in a bag or in its carrying case? Could some pressure have activated the button on the battery?

 

[Jagerbomb52]

During last trip, my drone was in the bag with the battery. It started smoking in bag and next thing I know battery was melting and it got stuck to the drone. After I carefully removed battery, I realized that drone circuit where it connects with battery is burned as well. I ordered the new battery but is the battery connector on drone replaceable ? Can I send it to be fixed ? Or can I fix it by ordering parts ? Attaching pic for reference.
Thanks you.
Patel

That is most definitely not fixable and even if it was I would want to know why this happened in the first place. It could be a fault in the old battery or even a short circuit in the Anafi. This should be sent back to Parrot for inspection. If this is still covered by warranty this should be replaced with a new one. I would at the very least send in the picture to Parrot to see what their reply would be.

 

[AugerIn]

Good reminder as a best practice to put the battery be in a lipo bag when travelling, or really when charging or any time it’s not in use.

The risk of fire and explosion is so high with these things I wonder why they don’t come with a fire resistant bag.

Not a bad idea to have a bucket of sand to put lipos in while they charge too - granted they don’t melt down often, but for the price of a pot full of dirt it might someday prevent a catastrophe.

Also, try to resist stomping out the fire like these fellas


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9fhlr9S5s