Matthew Dobrski
First Officer
Flight distance : 1831050 ft
Canada
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GaryDoug Posted at 11-24 20:45
NO! I Have lived on the coast of salt water all my life. No electronic device that goes into salt water has a chance of surviving. In the first few seconds, the circuitry become a battery in itself with the different metals becoming the poles. There is NO coming back from that. Once I had my small sailboat capsize in a sudden storm and sunk. The VHF radio inside was an almost unrecognizable mess of corrosion after just a few hours. RIP little drone.
As for the crash in the video, well we have seen many Minis go into the water with no such appendages. The pilot even admits it was a bad idea to not ascend instead of going horizontal. When I am in doubt about the position of the drone over the water, I alway push the left stick up first. Priorities.
The issue of a drone floats is as old as the consumer drones itself. Weekend warriors with a 3D printer are coming up with basically still the same primitive "pool tube" design, and quickly disappearing from market for the lack of interest. Until the next drones generation, and the dance starts again. Virtually every "developer" makes the same mistake by mounting floats directly below propellers, therefore successfully cancelling the lion's share of precious lifting force. Moreover, all attachments of this nature will transform usually swift performer into a clumsy, neutered one. Good for beginners or short living fun, but of no use for seasoned pilots ... |
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