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    Thoughts on how to recover a drone that went down in water with low visibility

    Funny thing was I had one attached. Make sure you read all the details though on how it works (I didn't unfortunately). The tech appears to be pressure activated, of course with my luck there wasn't enough depth to let the device deploy.
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    Thoughts on how to recover a drone that went down in water with low visibility

    I know all about being creative :) I haven't had much time, but will look at the idea Drone or Boat. Unfortunately without access to a boat that fits into schedules, family things coming up & the weird weather around here lately just haven't had much time to devote to the retrieval. I did try...
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    Thoughts on how to recover a drone that went down in water with low visibility

    Still holding out hope, won't give up trying until after the dji refresh expires in May. Nothing worse than knowing where it went down (within my reach at that as well :(). If I do recover I will definitely post up a response (I figure will also post up a response even if I don't recover).
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    Thoughts on how to recover a drone that went down in water with low visibility

    Thanks for all the responses, I am only attempting a recovery as I have DJI refresh & they'll need the unit (of course non functional) to 'warranty' it out. As the days go by, I am losing more & more hope of recovery (wife factor \ dog house here I come :)). I know some folks that might be...
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    Thoughts on how to recover a drone that went down in water with low visibility

    Is there enough metal that a magnet might be able to pick up on within the Mavic PP? I had an aircraft that went down in a lake, I'd estimate the depth to be about 10 feet or so but the visibility in the lake is not great (I would estimate 1 - 2 foot visibility) & the bottom of the lake is very...