Apologies if the answer is already out there but could not find a post on this after a water crash.
I have crashed my P3P before and rebuilt it with no problem. Have a few hundred flights before and about 100 after the first crash.
I crashed it again and this time 2 of the prop arms went under water for about 5 minutes. I let it dry in front of a fan for a week while waiting for another shell.
From the looks of the water and debris marks inside the shell most of it got wet inside. I let it dry in front of a fan for a week while waiting an a new shell. Got it back together and it flies.
I always fly in remote areas and usually only 3 places for taking off and landing. I have never had any magnetic interference, steel, vehicles or anything of that nature. Now every time I take off with in a minute or even down to 10 seconds I get the "Compass error. Exit GPS mode." red line warning. I have re-calibrated the compass a few times and the software is up to date.
I did use the new compass that came in the landing gear/shell package. I fear it is the GPS complex that is adhered to the top part of the shell.
As of today, 12-14-17, I plan to put the previous compass back on.
I would greatly appreciate any advise on this especially after a water crash.
Now for how it happened. I fly it most of the time for aerial photos and video at work. I'm self employed and ditch for many homeowners, a few electricians and a few plumbers. I save the photos and video to computer and back up in case they every need to know where that ditch was. On this flight it was for one of my top customers and I was taking photos of some lights mounted in trees that need repairing, he had friends fishing on a small lake and wanted me to buzz them. I did and coming back in I hit a tiny tree limb I could not see on camera or by eye. The guys fishing rescued it and laughed at me LOL, oh well they got a kick out of it.
I have crashed my P3P before and rebuilt it with no problem. Have a few hundred flights before and about 100 after the first crash.
I crashed it again and this time 2 of the prop arms went under water for about 5 minutes. I let it dry in front of a fan for a week while waiting for another shell.
From the looks of the water and debris marks inside the shell most of it got wet inside. I let it dry in front of a fan for a week while waiting an a new shell. Got it back together and it flies.
I always fly in remote areas and usually only 3 places for taking off and landing. I have never had any magnetic interference, steel, vehicles or anything of that nature. Now every time I take off with in a minute or even down to 10 seconds I get the "Compass error. Exit GPS mode." red line warning. I have re-calibrated the compass a few times and the software is up to date.
I did use the new compass that came in the landing gear/shell package. I fear it is the GPS complex that is adhered to the top part of the shell.
As of today, 12-14-17, I plan to put the previous compass back on.
I would greatly appreciate any advise on this especially after a water crash.
Now for how it happened. I fly it most of the time for aerial photos and video at work. I'm self employed and ditch for many homeowners, a few electricians and a few plumbers. I save the photos and video to computer and back up in case they every need to know where that ditch was. On this flight it was for one of my top customers and I was taking photos of some lights mounted in trees that need repairing, he had friends fishing on a small lake and wanted me to buzz them. I did and coming back in I hit a tiny tree limb I could not see on camera or by eye. The guys fishing rescued it and laughed at me LOL, oh well they got a kick out of it.