pjc0477
lvl.1
Flight distance : 119068 ft
United States
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SUCCESS ! ! ! My P3s is back in the air. After giving it a bath in 5" of rain water, I brought the craft home and removed the old battery. It didn't charge normally so I dispose of it. Bought a new one and prior to inserting, I did a small humidity/temperature test in a controlled environment. More details on that.... I'm fortunate to have access to a test room at work which has temperature and humidity controls to +/-1%. First test was to understand how much humidity was in the craft from the crash and it was reading 78% (after 2nd day of recovery at 72 degrees F. Normal humidity in my area is around 55 - 60% outside so I consider that to be a normal operating temperature or target for my test.v. Next I reduce the controlled environment to 55% and the craft remained in test room for 3 days.. After 2 days the craft was at 55%. Then took it home and waited for new battery to arrive. I was going to take it apart as I thought the material covering the GPS antenna (under top cover) was made of some sort of absorbent material (but not sure). So I decided not to crack the covers apart. Anywho, yesterday I inserted the new battery and everything seems to be functioning as designed. I still need to verify all capabilities before I'm convinced I'm as lucky as I think I am.... |
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