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Can I fly a Phantom on a rainy day??
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bruce.jacobsen
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Googling it didn't answer this question -- Can I fly the Phantom on a rainy day?  I see services for waterproofing a Phantom, but it's not obvious to me if that's for fear I drop it in a lake, or for simply flying it on a rainy day....
2014-9-21
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b.w.j
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Its not designed for flying in rainy days, fog is the most.
Water/rain vill destroy motors and other Electronic as well, so dont do it, and save your Money
2014-9-21
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Scott-Heliguy
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I would not recommend it but some people have used "never wet" to do that
2014-9-21
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johnwarr
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Flight distance : 6467 ft
United Kingdom
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No need to Google, page 25 of the manual - Flight Environment Requirements - number 1, do not use the aircraft in severe weather conditions, these include wind speed exceeding category 4, snow, rain and smog.
2014-9-21
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yaozhen
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China
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it can survive a bit of sprinkle, but watch out for acid rains, as the acid can mess up the circuit in the long run and it would probably take a few weeks to bring down ur phantom instead of having it failing immediately during the rainfall.
2014-9-22
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hd_ultra
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Water and electricity don't work well together. There is a way that you can fly in wet conditions if you are one of those who need to get footage rain or shine.  http://www.liquipel.com/

As for me I won't fly in rain. Just not worth it.
2014-9-22
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simonfeaugas
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Flight distance : 93146 ft
Dominican Republic
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I might be a bad idea!
2014-9-22
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unf0rg0tt3n
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Flight distance : 170971 ft
Netherlands
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I flew mine during temperatures minus 10 degrees celcius.
When I landed it, it was wet and Iced.

Still works like a charm!
But I was scared it would work anymore so... still wouldn't recommend it!
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MJLSTUDIOS
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Flight distance : 1540131 ft
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Go ahead and fly it in the rain, and, if you want to check out the drones max speed, fly it in a tornado! Either way it could become too costly for me to risk obtaining poor videos in bad weather.
2017-3-9
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Brum Ken
Second Officer
Flight distance : 787877 ft
United Kingdom
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Defo not fly in rain as there be tears before bed time !!!{:4_157:}
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