Recover your drone over water!

[Galileo]

Hey fellow fliers, here’s something I picked up “just in case”! It’s for fishing rods but Velcro straps right on my pro landing struts. Activates within 10 feet and sends a bright buoy to the surface with 100 ft of 10 lb Kevlar line! Ya might get wet, but you’ll get 'r back!
Retails on amazon for 29$. Well worth it if you fly over water a lot.

 

[Monte55]

Too high a price

 

[BigAl07]

I have ordered a couple and eBay has them for $19.99 up to $49.99 with free shipping

 

[dirkclod]

I've been using these for several years and you can get them anywhere from WallyWorld to bait shops for less . Have used them with success on my high end rod's but never had to with any of my birds yet .
I have them strapped to the legs on all my phantoms .
Welcome to the forum Galileo .

 

[AbqDroner]

Too high a price

Really? $29 to help you recover an $800-$1200 drone is too high a price? SMH...

Great idea. Thanks! I do a lot of flying along the Rio Grande river and Bosque area around Albuquerque. This could definitely calm my nerves a bit when flying over the water.

 

[BigAl07]

This is a great thread for me today(you'll know why shortly).

October 2016 we lost one of our commercial UAS at Lake Junaluska after a battery failure combined with inaccurate RTH settings at a new area.

The lake has been drained for dam repairs and I opted to give it a look. In under 20sec I spied my UAS just a few feet from the bank.

 

[BigAl07]

 

[dirkclod]

Man that will clean up

 

[BigAl07]

Man that will clean up

My wife asked me when it will fly again LOL. It's a conspiracy I tell ya

 

[drummingchevy]

My wife asked me when it will fly again LOL. It's a conspiracy I tell ya

Out of curiosity: were you able to recover anything from the SD card?

 

[BigAl07]

Out of curiosity: were you able to recover anything from the SD card?

I finally got around to removing the SD card and it's dead. The computer doesn't even recognize new media has been inserted into the slot. I guess maybe it was "fried" since it was recording when it went down into the water??

It's a shame because it might have some pretty cool IMPACT video on the card . . .