Hi,
My friend flew his drone under a small bridge, and just before he came out the drone lurched to the right and hit the wall and fell in to the river. It took him a few hours to go home and get his boots on and find it.
He dismantled it and flushed it with fresh water, then dried out over night.
Amazingly the drone looks good as new! There is no visible condensation behind the camera window, it must be well sealed!
When he put in a new battery, it straight away did the power-on beeps and the motors twitched, and front LED lit up very dimly but that was it!
There was no connectivity to the remote control, and the gimbal didn't rotate (it is free).
Today we flushed it with IPA, still dead, still partially starts as soon as the battery is inserted, beeps and motors twitch as normal, but no LEDs on at all.
We tried pressing and holding the "on" button and quick-transfer button, but it made no difference.
So I think he is going to send off to a repair shop.
My question is: has anybody use DJI approved repair centres?
What was the problem, cure, cost?
The 2 repair centres we've seen are Dronedoctor and Droneworx both .co .uk
Any stories about repair centres would be welcome.
Thank you!
My friend flew his drone under a small bridge, and just before he came out the drone lurched to the right and hit the wall and fell in to the river. It took him a few hours to go home and get his boots on and find it.
He dismantled it and flushed it with fresh water, then dried out over night.
Amazingly the drone looks good as new! There is no visible condensation behind the camera window, it must be well sealed!
When he put in a new battery, it straight away did the power-on beeps and the motors twitched, and front LED lit up very dimly but that was it!
There was no connectivity to the remote control, and the gimbal didn't rotate (it is free).
Today we flushed it with IPA, still dead, still partially starts as soon as the battery is inserted, beeps and motors twitch as normal, but no LEDs on at all.
We tried pressing and holding the "on" button and quick-transfer button, but it made no difference.
So I think he is going to send off to a repair shop.
My question is: has anybody use DJI approved repair centres?
What was the problem, cure, cost?
The 2 repair centres we've seen are Dronedoctor and Droneworx both .co .uk
Any stories about repair centres would be welcome.
Thank you!