Mavic Pro got wet

p8ge · Aug 21, 2017

Hi new to this forum, yesterday I was flying my Mavic Pro drone doing a river run shoot, when through my own mistake got it stuck up a tree above the river! I found it no problem as it was still transmitting video, after a few failed attempts I managed to get it out of the tree, however it landed in the river which resulted in it being wet for about 1 second as I was in the river where it landed and I quickly recovered it, the Mavic had already run out of battery when it hit the water! I've put it in a bag of rice overnight, to see if it will still work? I have noticed battery seems to be goosed though! Any help suggestions? Thanks

gremlin16 · Aug 21, 2017

Good luck!

larsvonhierblau · Aug 21, 2017

There is this Video on Youtube. A guy dropped it in a river for a pretty long time and put it in rice over 2 nights. Afterwards, it seemed to fly perfectly fine. I would just leave it longer in rice and maybe use another battery. Curious about your results. Maybe you could keep us updated.

FlyGuy8675309 · Aug 21, 2017

Define "goosed" LOL.

4wd · Aug 21, 2017

Salty water is infinitely worse than fresh.
If it was turned off due to low battery that's even better - pretty good chance all will be well but wants to be dry as possible before firing up.

p8ge · Aug 24, 2017

So got new battery today and started up my Mavic, all seems good and initial test flight went ok! Time will tell but looking good [emoji3]

FlyGuy8675309 · Aug 24, 2017

p8ge said:
So got new battery today and started up my Mavic, all seems good and initial test flight went ok! Time will tell but looking good [emoji3]

Phew! Dodged a bullet -- congrats!

Brad de Leon · Sep 27, 2017

Mine went underwater for about 20 minutes, drained it and riced it for a day or two and then fired it up with new batt. Seemed to function fine however I suspect there is camera damage. Were beads of moisture inside the front glass on the camera for a day. Now when I fly, the video seems to wash out anytime I point anywhere close to the sun. Within 90 degrees of it, the picture looks like you are filming in a fog or a very humid day. My guess is contamination of the lens is diffusing the light. Any one else get this? Otherwise the drone works perfectly, impressed.