Hey,
I recently crashed my inspire to freshwater unfortunately (sunday, 19th). I hit a sail. It flipped 2-3 times than the video file ended. Fortunately I was able to retrieve it after 1.5 hours from 3m (10 feet) deep.
It was mainly pilot error but the craft tricked me so i panic.
After reconstruction of the SD card video
Battery board fried. I forgot that already. Disassembled and gave electrical tape all around.
Here is what I did with the craft and camera.
After rescue
let the aircraft and the camera dry under the sun for hours
gave a few minutes of hair dryer to them
1day after
Disassembled the whole craft. Put every PCB into distilled water and let the ultrasound machine work with a drop of alcohol. Let every PCB dry for 2 days. I did not disassemble the arm lever mechanism. aircraft stayed in fly mode.
3days after
Reassembled everything. I might ruined the antennas with the coax cable but I am not sure.
First start:
Aircraft did not give sound, all yellow lights except tail (blue) and front left LED is not showing up. (maybe the connector?)
Rebooted and now gives sound. It even connects to the remote. It sees GPS.
Could you please guys let me know if there is any chance to revive it fully. I do not want to lose the craft.
Any experience, ideas appreciated.
Thanks,
Cheers
I recently crashed my inspire to freshwater unfortunately (sunday, 19th). I hit a sail. It flipped 2-3 times than the video file ended. Fortunately I was able to retrieve it after 1.5 hours from 3m (10 feet) deep.
It was mainly pilot error but the craft tricked me so i panic.
After reconstruction of the SD card video
Battery board fried. I forgot that already. Disassembled and gave electrical tape all around.
Here is what I did with the craft and camera.
After rescue
let the aircraft and the camera dry under the sun for hours
gave a few minutes of hair dryer to them
1day after
Disassembled the whole craft. Put every PCB into distilled water and let the ultrasound machine work with a drop of alcohol. Let every PCB dry for 2 days. I did not disassemble the arm lever mechanism. aircraft stayed in fly mode.
3days after
Reassembled everything. I might ruined the antennas with the coax cable but I am not sure.
First start:
Aircraft did not give sound, all yellow lights except tail (blue) and front left LED is not showing up. (maybe the connector?)
Rebooted and now gives sound. It even connects to the remote. It sees GPS.
- Now I am trying to calibrate IMU.
- tried normally - 1%-10% after 10 minutes
- put craft into the fridge (battery out) and now up to 94%
- still cannot calibrate
- lowering arms not working, neither from the app nor from remote.
- it says I reached max altitude. I am in my flat, steel reenforced concrete.
- it says gimbal disconnected. Gimbal and camera was tested on OSMO. works. But not with the craft.
Could you please guys let me know if there is any chance to revive it fully. I do not want to lose the craft.
Any experience, ideas appreciated.
Thanks,
Cheers
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