Dunked her in the ocean .... within inches of a ditch

[Adam Morrison]

@PeakXV That looks like a pretty close call. I hope everything dries out and works OK for you. We've had a not-so-fortunate incident in a river. We didn't notice the red dot on the battery until we pulled it out and compared it to another dry one. After our water incident, we put our machine in a big bag with some desiccant for a few days. After pulling it out, everything seemed to work fine again -- except for the camera which had gotten broken off!

With this said, we've now been getting a lot of similar shots lately down very close to the water, but without any concern of getting wet using our new WaterStrider. If you're doing any more filming/flying over water or other difficult landing terrain, you should check it out. Be sure to watch the whole video as there are quite a few close water shots.
WaterStrider: Perfect Footage. Confident Landings. Anywhere.

Best of luck getting it back in the air!

 

[PeakXV]

Here's the video link to the day's adventure:

 

[Corey Tucker]

that's some disgusting water. that's an ocean??

 

[PeakXV]

(... not missin junior high school ne). Yup, at the point where the highest tides in the world meetup up with the 'Rhine of North America' .... so it's gonna kick up a bit of silt to be sure.

 

[PeakXV]

I just popped the top and do not see any sticker .... anywhere on the inside of the top or along the top of the casing.

 

[Adam Morrison]

The 'red dot' I'm aware of is on the battery itself, not on the body of the drone.

 

[Adam Morrison]

Here is our latest fun video showing a variety of takeoffs and landings with WaterStrider from water and other difficult terrain. The campaign ends on Monday, so time is running short to get a WaterStrider from our production runs in June and July (June is already full).