Cleaning The Dust

[t2adze]

Hey all

Sometimes we take off from a dusty place and i believe some dusts ends up inside our drones.

Is there a way of cleaning it out, with out opening the bird up?
If i point a hair dryer to the vents, will it do the job? That's how i used to clean my pc back in the days.

Any other ways?

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[Numone]

Good quality Airduster?

 

[t2adze]

Good quality Airduster?

It may sound stupid but can it cause some damage to the insides of the drone?

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[Numone]

It may sound stupid but can it cause some damage to the insides of the drone?

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Not stupid at all. As long as you get one of the reputable makes, it will be fine

 

[anotherlab]

If you get one of the "squeeze bulb" air blowers, you never have to worry about being out of compressed air. I have a Giottos Rocket Air Blaster (large model) and it works great. I bought it for my camera, but it should work just fine on your drone.

 

[Numone]

If you get one of the "squeeze bulb" air blowers, you never have to worry about being out of compressed air. I have a Giottos Rocket Air Blaster (large model) and it works great. I bought it for my camera, but it should work just fine on your drone.

Yeah, I have one too, but I find it doesn't have quite enough "ummmph" to shift much.

 

[quaddamage]

If a compressed air can has warnings about "flamable" or "explosive" content, you should definitely skip it. I got one like this some time ago, and it left permanent marks on my laptop - started to dissolve plastic.

 

[fastfed]

I got sand in my motors once from the beach, when I was hand turning the props you could feel and hear the grits of sand. I tried everything to remove the sand without using air. The fear is that the compressed air will push the sand/dust or dirt deeper into the components thus causing damage.
In my situation I had no choice, I blew out the sand and thankfully cleaned it right up.

 

[D'sAdvanced]

I've opened up my drone and yes, there is a very thin layer of dust on the entire motherboard. Don't think it affects the overall operations though.