Minced Bug Juice...

[Todd Clarke]

So I'm doing the MA2 thing yesterday flying at a very familiar place and taking video when through the camera I see a cloud of bugs. It took a few seconds to understand that much of that cloud was in fact hundreds of bugs passing through the spinning props, and being instantly blitzed!! I brought it down to find the props coated on bug-parts and most of the drone body covered in a thick, sticky, and very smelly soup of chunky minced bug-juice. It took around 45 minutes of cleaning with anti-bacterial wipes and a good number of tooth picks to gouge all the bug-bits out of every groove and indent of the drone. Lesson learned...

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[Starz]

Bees tend to not appreciate drones. And the mess they create isn’t fun to clean up. Best to move away when they show up and avoid the cleaning process. Good luck with the wipe down!

 

[MA2 317]

Yuck. ?

 

[screwthepap]

If we do enough flying, it's inevitable that we'll eventually run into a swarm of insects like what happened here. So I might as well ask the obligatory question: What's the best way to clean off insect remains from our precious drones? Is there a recommended chemical/cleaner that will effectively do the job without without harming the plastic? Just warm soap and water, or something a little more aggressive?

 

[dirkclod]

I’ve always used baby whips with aloe.

 

[Todd Clarke]

That was the only thing I had in the car...and I wasn't going to put it back in the case in that condition!! I always keep baby wipes with aloe in the car. Worked perfectly and doesn't seem to have harmed it in any way. It actually looks pretty slick after the wipe-down!!

 

[Marcass Carcass]

The bees always find me first...

 

[screwthepap]

I’ve always used baby whips with aloe.

Why are you whipping babies?


?

 

[MA2 317]

It actually looks pretty slick after the wipe-down!!

Probably smells better too.

 

[MA2 317]

The bees always find me first...

That's because they wanted to see what the BUZZ is all about.

After all, the aircraft is a drone. ?




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[Todd Clarke]

You guys...

 

[MA2 317]

Must have been Class Bee airspace. ?


Ba dum tss. ?


Goodnight everybody. ?

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[Marcass Carcass]

1 out of 100 drone owners prefer:

 

[Tentoes]

I’ve always used baby whips with aloe.

And your drone's skin is so smooth!

 

[Tentoes]

So I'm doing the MA2 thing yesterday flying at a very familiar place and taking video when through the camera I see a cloud of bugs. It took a few seconds to understand that much of that cloud was in fact hundreds of bugs passing through the spinning props, and being instantly blitzed!! I brought it down to find the props coated on bug-parts and most of the drone body covered in a thick, sticky, and very smelly soup of chunky minced bug-juice. It took around 45 minutes of cleaning with anti-bacterial wipes and a good number of tooth picks to gouge all the bug-bits out of every groove and indent of the drone. Lesson learned...

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[RetiredInFL]

That would be a great reply to this thread:

Propeller Airfoil Shape:

Propeller Airfoil Shape

Does somebody know, why the Mavic Air 2 propeller airfoils have a sharp leading and trailing edges, while common theory claims that leading edges should be rounded

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[dirkclod]

Why are you whipping babies?


?

Because it has always works.

And your drone's skin is so smooth!

Yes and it it always has always made cleanup easy,laugh if you want to but after all these years of flying I know all the tricks ?‍

 

[Marcass Carcass]

What I use: