Drone extraction from a lake

[samot]

Hi,
This is my lottery try to retrieve drone, which crashed into the lake.

My Drone now is resting at the bottom of the lake in Norway with 6 days of recorded footage.

Will attach last GPS coordinates, if someone can rescue it, will really appreciate it & this would be a great content.

Last GPS coordinates: 61.213390, 9.818797


Ways to contact me

Tomas Outdoors

Hi, I’m Tomas. I love to go on outdoor adventures, hiking, camping, riding a motorcycle and more. I film those and share them with the world on Tomas Outdoors YouTube channel.

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[RodPad]

Welcome to the forum!

You really should look for the data that's on your mobile device..

Mavic Flight Log Retrieval and Analysis Guide

With the introduction of the Mavic Mini there has been a noticeable uptick in the number of posts requesting help with lost or crashed aircraft. While there is plenty of help and advice available on this forum, and detailed guidance and options on several other websites, I thought that perhaps a...

mavicpilots.com

Also, what where flying and the mobile device you using?

Rod ..

 

[samot]

Welcome to the forum!

You really should look for the data that's on your mobile device..

Mavic Flight Log Retrieval and Analysis Guide

With the introduction of the Mavic Mini there has been a noticeable uptick in the number of posts requesting help with lost or crashed aircraft. While there is plenty of help and advice available on this forum, and detailed guidance and options on several other websites, I thought that perhaps a...

mavicpilots.com

Also, what where flying and the mobile device you using?

Rod ..

I was flying DJI MINI 3 PRO & using DJI RC REMOTE (added some photos)

 

[Starz]

is resting at the bottom of the lake in Norway with 6 days of recorded footage.

Six days of recorded footage can be elevated by using smaller sd cards that can be switched out as needed thereby reducing the possibility of losing all you have on one card.
Doubtful that the resting aircraft will see the light of day anytime soon based on your description of its’s resting place but I will cross my fingers for you and hopefully a miracle will take place.

 

[HoozierDroneDaddy]

Check for a diving school in your area, they may have someone willing to go after it for training or the experience.

 

[MavicAir2Marc]

Check for a diving school in your area, they may have someone willing to go after it for training or the experience.

Depending on the lake, some are too deep to dive, others have next to zero visibility or other visual obstructions. Unfortunately a fishing magnet would probably corrupt whatever is on the SD card. Good luck on finding it whether or not any of these scenarios are applicable.

 

[HoozierDroneDaddy]

Depending on the lake, some are too deep to dive, others have next to zero visibility or other visual obstructions. Unfortunately a fishing magnet would probably corrupt whatever is on the SD card. Good luck on finding it whether or not any of these scenarios are applicable.

Agree. There are a lot of variables, visibility, bottom composition such as mud, dirt, and plant growth. Those are unknown. However, if the conditions are decent, he may have a chance as slim as the possibility is. I have had some amazing and unpredictable finds in my diving days.

 

[Capt KO]

I'd be glad to dive for it but it's a bit far from Florida, US. Local dive shops should have knowledge of the lake, that along with your gps coordinates should answer if recovery is possible.
GOOD LUCK!!

 

[anotherlab]

...Unfortunately a fishing magnet would probably corrupt whatever is on the SD card....

SD cards and other flash memory drives are not affected by magnets. They don't use magnets to read or write data.

 

[MS Coast]

SD cards and other flash memory drives are not affected by magnets. They don't use magnets to read or write data.

Yes.

I'm not quite willing to try it on one of my drones, but I suspect that there's not enough ferrous metal in one to make it possible to pick one up off the bottom of a lake, or the dining room table, with a magnet. Does anyone know for sure?

 

[anotherlab]

Yes.

I'm not quite willing to try it on one of my drones, but I suspect that there's not enough ferrous metal in one to make it possible to pick one up off the bottom of a lake, or the dining room table, with a magnet. Does anyone know for sure?

The only parts of my M2P that a magnet is attracted to are the motor cases. I don't think there is enough material to pull one up, but it might be enough to identify where the drone is. It might be in shallow enough water for a diver to retrieve it.

 

[Ronny St.]

Welcome to the forum!
Seems you got in a very difficult situation. Hopefully someone is able to dive it up...

 

[rjwmorrell]

Hi,
This is my lottery try to retrieve drone, which crashed into the lake.

My Drone now is resting at the bottom of the lake in Norway with 6 days of recorded footage.

Will attach last GPS coordinates, if someone can rescue it, will really appreciate it & this would be a great content.

Last GPS coordinates: 61.213390, 9.818797


Ways to contact me

Tomas Outdoors

Hi, I’m Tomas. I love to go on outdoor adventures, hiking, camping, riding a motorcycle and more. I film those and share them with the world on Tomas Outdoors YouTube channel.

youtube.com

This might be a good opportunity to remind pilots that it is a good idea to pull your footage off your SD card after each flight.

 

[DevilsLuck]

Do they make flotation devices for drones, that can be attached when you plan to fly over water?

 

[Starz]

Do they make flotation devices for drones, that can be attached when you plan to fly over water?

One of a few.

Drone-retriever.com

Automatic float device that is attached to your drone when flying over a water hazard to facilitate a water rescue

drone-retriever.com

 

[jwilson]

This might be a good opportunity to remind pilots that it is a good idea to pull your footage off your SD card after each flight.

Maybe, but to me it's not very practical. I guess you could change your card every time you land. I've lost some video from not doing this.

 

[jwilson]

Hi,
This is my lottery try to retrieve drone, which crashed into the lake.

My Drone now is resting at the bottom of the lake in Norway with 6 days of recorded footage.

Will attach last GPS coordinates, if someone can rescue it, will really appreciate it & this would be a great content.

Last GPS coordinates: 61.213390, 9.818797


Ways to contact me

Tomas Outdoors

Hi, I’m Tomas. I love to go on outdoor adventures, hiking, camping, riding a motorcycle and more. I film those and share them with the world on Tomas Outdoors YouTube channel.

youtube.com

Any idea how deep the water is? I crashed my drone in the ocean. It was in there for around 20 minutes. But when it was retrieved, the video on the SD card was still good. I would expect that to be the case if you can retrieve it in a reasonable time.

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

Do they make flotation devices for drones, that can be attached when you plan to fly over water?

Yes they do but in the event of a crash they are unlikely to prevent the drone getting wet although they would keep it on or in the surface. But in wind the are likely to add significant sail area to the drone.

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

Any idea how deep the water is? I crashed my drone in the ocean. It was in there for around 20 minutes. But when it was retrieved, the video on the SD card was still good. I would expect that to be the case if you can retrieve it in a reasonable time.

I've recovered video from an mSD that spent a week in the sea.

 

[anotherlab]

Maybe, but to me it's not very practical. I guess you could change your card every time you land. I've lost some video from not doing this.

Micro-SD cars are cheap enough that you could keep a bunch in the case and swap them for each flight. And today is a good day to buy some from Amazon.