no I didn´t fly over tall grass, why should I? Vertical rain is the one which comes straight down when there is no wind, as it it today here where I livethat vertical rain has me puzzled. Have you ever hovered over tall grass? Vortexes...
no I didn´t fly over tall grass, why should I? Vertical rain is the one which comes straight down when there is no wind, as it it today here where I livethat vertical rain has me puzzled. Have you ever hovered over tall grass? Vortexes...
Thanks for the interesting infos! So you think that I could spray it directly on the motor winding?Living in the Pacific N.W., we get quite a lot of rain. To save my toys, I have been using a product from MG Chemicals called 419D Acrylic Conformal Coating. You brush it all over your electronics that will be getting soaked. They also have it in a spray can now but I have always used the brush on with excellent results (no shorts). Been using the stuff for 6 or 7 years on RC Cars, trucks, buggys, boats, planes, trains, wings, helicopters, tricopters, quadcopters, radio tx's, fpv goggles, and camera's. Whheew, that was a mouthful. At first I used vaseline and it worked but was messy and it came off eventually. There are some videos on YouTube on the Conformal Coating and the guy, I think it was old Peter Spirol, submerges the quadcopter in a fish tank and runs it with no smoke. Check that stuff out. Here's the link to buy on Amazon:
MG Chemicals 419D Premium Acrylic Conformal Coating, 55 mL Bottle, IPC 830, UL 94V-0 (File # E203094) MG Chemicals 419D Premium Acrylic Conformal Coating, 55 mL Bottle, IPC 830, UL 94V-0 (File # E203094): Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
Good luck and fun flying!
and...?that vertical rain has me puzzled. Have you ever hovered over tall grass? Vortexes...
Interesting. So opened and exposed motors on Mini will not have problems if Mini get caught in the rain?Motors are waterproof so you don’t have to worry about them. It’s the internal circuitry that’d fry if it gets wet.
I checked it and there is no problem! The scrwes after the flight were still tightened!Having looked at the video, another concern is do the propellor screws clamp down on your plastic discs?
If so I'd keep a check on them incase the plastic squashes under the loads imposed on those screws by the propellors and allowes the screws to become loose.
If the screws do not clamp down on the plastic are the propellor blades still loose enough to swing under the influence of gravity?
Thanks for the interesting infos! So you think that I could spray it directly on the motor winding?
good luck too!
cheers Paul
Hi,
The brushless motors do not need to have a coating but you do need the control board, camera and tx wiring after they are soldered. I'm on lunch and will find the video for you. A visual aid I think will greatly help you make sense of it all. Woot! Woooooooooooot!
Hi Dag, thank you very much!The brushless motors do not need to have a coating but you do need the control board, camera and tx wiring after they are soldered. I'm on lunch and will find the video for you. A visual aid I think will greatly help you make sense of it all. Woot! Woooooooooooot!
thanks i’ve been lookong for this one. Right on targetLiving in the Pacific N.W., we get quite a lot of rain. To save my toys, I have been using a product from MG Chemicals called 419D Acrylic Conformal Coating. You brush it all over your electronics that will be getting soaked. They also have it in a spray can now but I have always used the brush on with excellent results (no shorts). Been using the stuff for 6 or 7 years on RC Cars, trucks, buggys, boats, planes, trains, wings, helicopters, tricopters, quadcopters, radio tx's, fpv goggles, and camera's. Whheew, that was a mouthful. At first I used vaseline and it worked but was messy and it came off eventually. There are some videos on YouTube on the Conformal Coating and the guy, I think it was old Peter Spirol, submerges the quadcopter in a fish tank and runs it with no smoke. Check that stuff out. Here's the link to buy on Amazon:
MG Chemicals 419D Premium Acrylic Conformal Coating, 55 mL Bottle, IPC 830, UL 94V-0 (File # E203094) MG Chemicals 419D Premium Acrylic Conformal Coating, 55 mL Bottle, IPC 830, UL 94V-0 (File # E203094): Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
Good luck and fun flying!
i will wait for you vid. Excited. Thanks againHi,
The brushless motors do not need to have a coating but you do need the control board, camera and tx wiring after they are soldered. I'm on lunch and will find the video for you. A visual aid I think will greatly help you make sense of it all. Woot! Woooooooooooot!
Hallo Fank, 1,5 Stunden mit dem Mini im Regen? Wie weit ragt der Lenshood über die Nase des Mini hinaus?Last month I have to film a wedding and it was raining the whole day... I decided to film. So I filmed 1.5 hours in the rain with no damage and no drip on the lens.
I have also printed out the camera hood for the mavic mini found on thingiverse.
thanks for the info!Phantomrain.org
Gear to Fly you DJI in the Rain
Having looked at the video, another concern is do the propellor screws clamp down on your plastic discs?
If so I'd keep a check on them incase the plastic squashes under the loads imposed on those screws by the propellors and allowes the screws to become loose.
If the screws do not clamp down on the plastic are the propellor blades still loose enough to swing under the influence of gravity?
hi PhiliusHaving looked at the video, another concern is do the propellor screws clamp down on your plastic discs?
If so I'd keep a check on them incase the plastic squashes under the loads imposed on those screws by the propellors and allowes the screws to become loose.
If the screws do not clamp down on the plastic are the propellor blades still loose enough to swing under the influence of gravity?