I've been traveling through my country, trying to get awesome shots from landscapes. With it being a tropical country and all, I am bound to get some rain. At first, I thought it would not be a big deal, because I could wait it out or just fly if it was only mist. But yesterday I almost lost my quad, when it shut down in the air at the height of the bridge.
If you all are like my friends, you will probably want to see the crash, so here it is.
After this crash, I felt the need of waterproofing the quad. My setup is:
Multistar Elite 2204 2300kv motors
5040 HQ Props
Rotorgeeks 12A ESC
Naze32 Full (with barometer and magnetometer, but I plan to downgrade to an ACRO version)
1500mah 3s battery
FrSky V8FR-II receiver
FPV260 upswept frame (from Hobbyking)
After the crash (and the water) I waited for everything to dry and plugged the naze to my computer. At first, everything seemed to work fine, but after careful judgement, I saw that the Naze did not receive the Aileron input from the receiver. It also did not save any new settings (I tried flashing it and erasing all previous settings).
I've seen the flitetest video on waterproofing electronics, but they did not mention flight controllers. I think that is what failed in my quad, so I will definitely waterproof that.
Any suggestions on how I may do that?
I would also like to waterproof everything else, like the receiver, motors and ESCs, but would prefer to keep the purchases minimal (I would have to order things from amazon, and its expensive).
Thanks in advance!
Ed
If you all are like my friends, you will probably want to see the crash, so here it is.
After this crash, I felt the need of waterproofing the quad. My setup is:
Multistar Elite 2204 2300kv motors
5040 HQ Props
Rotorgeeks 12A ESC
Naze32 Full (with barometer and magnetometer, but I plan to downgrade to an ACRO version)
1500mah 3s battery
FrSky V8FR-II receiver
FPV260 upswept frame (from Hobbyking)
After the crash (and the water) I waited for everything to dry and plugged the naze to my computer. At first, everything seemed to work fine, but after careful judgement, I saw that the Naze did not receive the Aileron input from the receiver. It also did not save any new settings (I tried flashing it and erasing all previous settings).
I've seen the flitetest video on waterproofing electronics, but they did not mention flight controllers. I think that is what failed in my quad, so I will definitely waterproof that.
Any suggestions on how I may do that?
I would also like to waterproof everything else, like the receiver, motors and ESCs, but would prefer to keep the purchases minimal (I would have to order things from amazon, and its expensive).
Thanks in advance!
Ed