My brother in law dropped by last night and asked me if I knew about drones and I told him I had one and knew plenty. He brought me outside and showed me what he had in a bag. I was surprise to see a phantom with a GoPro3 and a Fat Shark set up. I told him this guy had to be really upset from his loss. The quad was beat and it looked like it had spent some time under water. It was rusted and full of sand.
My brother in law said he found it in Yosemite while attending his son in laws wedding there.
We drank some beers, shook some sand out of it and cleaned it up a bit. I was able to blow the sand and grit away from the memory card slot enough to pull the card out. I popped it in my gopro4 hooked it to my 55" UHD and was surprised to see all the files were still viewable! Yes indeed this guy misses this thing especially after watching his vids. He crashed it on December 29th 2015. We watched his final flight which was about an 1/8 of a mile up a beautiful icy river. Instead of turning around and returning he started backing up and hit some trees. Boom... it recorder under water for about 5 minutes after the crash.
After watching his other files we determined he was from somewhere in South America visiting Yosemite around Christmas time.
I'll upload some pics in a bit.
My brother in law said he found it in Yosemite while attending his son in laws wedding there.
We drank some beers, shook some sand out of it and cleaned it up a bit. I was able to blow the sand and grit away from the memory card slot enough to pull the card out. I popped it in my gopro4 hooked it to my 55" UHD and was surprised to see all the files were still viewable! Yes indeed this guy misses this thing especially after watching his vids. He crashed it on December 29th 2015. We watched his final flight which was about an 1/8 of a mile up a beautiful icy river. Instead of turning around and returning he started backing up and hit some trees. Boom... it recorder under water for about 5 minutes after the crash.
After watching his other files we determined he was from somewhere in South America visiting Yosemite around Christmas time.
I'll upload some pics in a bit.
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