My Phantom! in the ocean!
Ironically I was flying along a beach to get a nice long shot to finish off a video on the aeroxcraft gimbal. In that video, which I made a few days ago I mention not to fly stupidly over water as there is no protection to the gopro, the gimbal, or the phantom (no room for floats when the gimbal is there).
Then I hit a big pole someone had jammed into the beach, flipped into the ocean and sank...I ran into the water in my clothes, grabbed it and hurried home. It got a fresh water shower, and the blow dryer treatment, again! I was peeling off seaweed from the gimbal motors and shaking sand out of the skids. what a mess. Poor GoPro has no way to rinse or drain properly, and I notice fog in the lens.
Tomorrow I'll recalibrate the IMU, hook up a battery and power up the motors without props. Power up gimbal too, and Gopro. Worse case is I just blew $1300. Best case is everything is fine. Most likely case is gopro is toast, and everything else works. That's my guess anyway, I'll let you know! In the meantime I'll post my video of the aeroXcraft gimbal, its a beauty. Or was a beauty.....
Ironically I was flying along a beach to get a nice long shot to finish off a video on the aeroxcraft gimbal. In that video, which I made a few days ago I mention not to fly stupidly over water as there is no protection to the gopro, the gimbal, or the phantom (no room for floats when the gimbal is there).
Then I hit a big pole someone had jammed into the beach, flipped into the ocean and sank...I ran into the water in my clothes, grabbed it and hurried home. It got a fresh water shower, and the blow dryer treatment, again! I was peeling off seaweed from the gimbal motors and shaking sand out of the skids. what a mess. Poor GoPro has no way to rinse or drain properly, and I notice fog in the lens.
Tomorrow I'll recalibrate the IMU, hook up a battery and power up the motors without props. Power up gimbal too, and Gopro. Worse case is I just blew $1300. Best case is everything is fine. Most likely case is gopro is toast, and everything else works. That's my guess anyway, I'll let you know! In the meantime I'll post my video of the aeroXcraft gimbal, its a beauty. Or was a beauty.....