Save a drown drone

[Suren]

Hey Guys, I pretty much know the answer but just want to ask. A friends drone fell in the sea and was fully submerged for a few hours before he got it out. He rinsed it in fresh water and tried cleaning it but it is starting to corrode already. Is there anyway to save this drone by some miracle?

 

[Meta4]

Hey Guys, I pretty much know the answer but just want to ask. A friends drone fell in the sea and was fully submerged for a few hours before he got it out. He rinsed it in fresh water and tried cleaning it but it is starting to corrode already. Is there anyway to save this drone by some miracle?

It was dead a few seconds after it dunked.
As you've seen, the damage is done and there's nothing that can be done to save it.
Even worse is the damage you can't see.

 

[GadgetGuy]

Hey Guys, I pretty much know the answer but just want to ask. A friends drone fell in the sea and was fully submerged for a few hours before he got it out. He rinsed it in fresh water and tried cleaning it but it is starting to corrode already. Is there anyway to save this drone by some miracle?

"Fly Away" coverage, through DJI Care, is the only miracle available, but only if your "friend" had the foresight to purchase it, and use the bound controller for this unfortunate flight!

 

[chadCO]

Scuba diving for over thirty years I have flooded many cameras and dive lights, the trick is to have distilled water available. When I am out on the boat I always have a large ziplock back full of distilled water. If you flood or dunk something, simply shake all the water you can out then put it in the bag of distilled water and leave it. When you get back ashore you remove it, shake the water out, then rinse it a couple more times in fresh distilled water. Then put it somewhere warm to dry out. I have dive lights and digital cameras that still work now 15 years later after being fully submerged in sea water. Rinsing in tap water will do little to delay the corrosion, you have to get rid of that salt altogether.