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Hi guys !
The worst case scenario happened to me a few weeks a go : take off under the trees (no gps), fly over a bridge, kids running away, bad move, branches, drop, bath ...
I retreived the MA in less then a minute, all shut down. It was all my fault here (will try to post the last 2 scds video into water before it died).
Notes for next time :
1. Never fly in a rush,
2. Never fly in a rush,
3. Never fly in a rush.
I also (surely a bad idea) tried immediatly to power it on. Made strange sounds, lights and move so I switched it back off.
Then removed the battery, blew air (with mouth) in every hole removing as much water as I could, spent 1/2 hour in the car blowing dry hot air from ventilation while waiting for kids to return.
Back home (30 minutes drive), tried the rice bag trick (MA + battery) overnight and, next morning, blew some WD 40 « for electronics » everywhere.
Grabbed a fresh battery, powered it on and ... it was responding 100% normal !!! Until ... it showed the feared « battery error », i.e. « check if well secured, restart, if not responding contact support » ... After a couple of tries I found a way to get it in the air despite the battery error showing up as I really wanted to see if it would be able to fly again : and it did !!!
I have had a couple of flights since then and the MA behaves absolutely normally appart from the battery error !!!
Battery error symptoms :
- Normally, prevents to take off,
- Battery info appears in the battery settings in the DJI go 4 app but not on the main screen while flying,
- Does not show possible remaining duration of flight while in flight (duration display remains as : .. : ..)
- SOMETIMES comes back to normal (no battery error when MA is turned on or show remaining capacity in flight on the app) for a few seconds / minutes before desappearing again.
I tried several times to refresh the firmware, did it with my 3 batteries but problem remains.
To be noticed : the battery that went down with the MA works normaly.
I suspect a hardware issue on the power board of the MA, maybe a shortcut when it dropped or right after when I tried to turn it back on.
Just wanted to let you know. I will try to install a new power board.
Questions:
- Did someone here tried to change the power board at home ? How did it go ?
- Does anyone knows how to perform (if possible) a full system diagnosis in order to identify the faulty component ?
I’ll keep you posted with further developments.
Hi guys !
The worst case scenario happened to me a few weeks a go : take off under the trees (no gps), fly over a bridge, kids running away, bad move, branches, drop, bath ...
I retreived the MA in less then a minute, all shut down. It was all my fault here (will try to post the last 2 scds video into water before it died).
Notes for next time :
1. Never fly in a rush,
2. Never fly in a rush,
3. Never fly in a rush.
I also (surely a bad idea) tried immediatly to power it on. Made strange sounds, lights and move so I switched it back off.
Then removed the battery, blew air (with mouth) in every hole removing as much water as I could, spent 1/2 hour in the car blowing dry hot air from ventilation while waiting for kids to return.
Back home (30 minutes drive), tried the rice bag trick (MA + battery) overnight and, next morning, blew some WD 40 « for electronics » everywhere.
Grabbed a fresh battery, powered it on and ... it was responding 100% normal !!! Until ... it showed the feared « battery error », i.e. « check if well secured, restart, if not responding contact support » ... After a couple of tries I found a way to get it in the air despite the battery error showing up as I really wanted to see if it would be able to fly again : and it did !!!
I have had a couple of flights since then and the MA behaves absolutely normally appart from the battery error !!!
Battery error symptoms :
- Normally, prevents to take off,
- Battery info appears in the battery settings in the DJI go 4 app but not on the main screen while flying,
- Does not show possible remaining duration of flight while in flight (duration display remains as : .. : ..)
- SOMETIMES comes back to normal (no battery error when MA is turned on or show remaining capacity in flight on the app) for a few seconds / minutes before desappearing again.
I tried several times to refresh the firmware, did it with my 3 batteries but problem remains.
To be noticed : the battery that went down with the MA works normaly.
I suspect a hardware issue on the power board of the MA, maybe a shortcut when it dropped or right after when I tried to turn it back on.
Just wanted to let you know. I will try to install a new power board.
Questions:
- Did someone here tried to change the power board at home ? How did it go ?
- Does anyone knows how to perform (if possible) a full system diagnosis in order to identify the faulty component ?
I’ll keep you posted with further developments.
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