Hey all,
I took my drone out to the ocean in strong winds in a desperate attempt to capture footage of whales passing by. It was not a good idea as I should of known better and I am surprised it didn't flip to be honest. on my way back the winds prevented my drone from flying towards the home point.
going against the wind took a lot of battery so when it got to a worrying amount of charge left I directed the drone adjacent to the wind direction to counter this wind problem and reach the shore - which I managed to get at 15%.
I needed some charge left so I could find & did not want it to crash land so I landed about 800m away from the home point on sand (was either that, the ocean or in shrubbery that was difficult to access).
I recovered the drone with quite a bit of sand throughout so I cleaned it as best I could with an air duster can (without taking anything apart), and after a few test flights it seems A OK.
My issue is it's not possible to rid of 100% of the sand grains so I'm wondering if it could cause any potential damages in the future or if I should take it apart/get it professionally cleaned to be safe.
Cheers
I took my drone out to the ocean in strong winds in a desperate attempt to capture footage of whales passing by. It was not a good idea as I should of known better and I am surprised it didn't flip to be honest. on my way back the winds prevented my drone from flying towards the home point.
going against the wind took a lot of battery so when it got to a worrying amount of charge left I directed the drone adjacent to the wind direction to counter this wind problem and reach the shore - which I managed to get at 15%.
I needed some charge left so I could find & did not want it to crash land so I landed about 800m away from the home point on sand (was either that, the ocean or in shrubbery that was difficult to access).
I recovered the drone with quite a bit of sand throughout so I cleaned it as best I could with an air duster can (without taking anything apart), and after a few test flights it seems A OK.
My issue is it's not possible to rid of 100% of the sand grains so I'm wondering if it could cause any potential damages in the future or if I should take it apart/get it professionally cleaned to be safe.
Cheers