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Aloha Filip,
A rain event is an indication that you have to cut your flight short. Get your bird back to the home point ASAP and use the rest of the battery to idle the props in a protected area. If you can stop the props for just long enough to wipe off the body and camera, do so. If not, run the props until someone can bring you a soft, dry cloth, then stop the props and wipe the Phantom and then restart the Phantom and run down the rest of the battery until it reaches your planned battery level for the flight.
The P4 series has interior fans that will circulate any moisture until it can get back out the ports and vents. The props and the interior fan combine to "average out" the moisture collected in the rain. The heat generated by the flight works to reduce the moisture average towards the humidity level of the air around the P4. The heat will actually increase the dryness around the P4 and help in the process.
Only keep the props stopped and turn off the Phantom if water is pouring out of the bird! (I have never heard of that bad a rain event.)
The P4 was designed to improve survivability in humid and rainy environments. The series is not water proof by any stretch but it is resistant to the excessive moisture effects of rain. Look at the vent placement and compare that placement to a P3 Series Phantom. The placement works to keep the rain water out of the inside of the Phantom. But, even my P3 Pro had very little problem with rain and the vents would allow some water inside.
The rice option is for a water immersion incident. Even then, never put the Phantom directly in rice because the dust will screw things up. Always have the rice in a fabric bag. The tighter the weave, the better (like sleeping sheets). This is also true for any electronic device that gets wet.
I know an DJI Obsidian customer that has a chronic problem with excessive humidity on the lens of his camera. Way too often, he has to unscrew the lens and wipe off the condensation. The problem could be even due to the dark color of the Phantom in our humid environment, but then one would think that the Mavics might also have a similar problem. Hard to get a nice image with moisture on the lens.
Rain, fog and snow are challenges for you to understand as someone who flies DJI products. We have to understand concentrated moisture like we have to understand gravity and other aspects of how we fly our Phantoms.
Hope this helps!
Aloha and Drone On! |
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