P4 dipped into pond, flew out, no forward now.

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Low flying over barely frozen pond this am. The camera submerged and the belly got wet fed a three count. I lifted up and back out but immediately lost forward motion. No other problems as of yet. I did dry with a blow dryer for half hour on low heat, then into rice, shell on. I had to leave for work. I plan to leave it alone for 48 hr, then reassess. Battery never got wet. Appears to fire up fine but take off and hover are a little drifts. I can't get back to it for 12 hrs, should I open the shell? I suspect an esc issue from what I have read. First time poster.
 
Just curious, were you accelerating at a low level and the bird dropped? That seems to be an issue with the P4, dropping altitude when accelerating.
 
No just toward flight. The elevation dropped about two feet and I think that sudden drop changed my lift just enough to cause me to bump the ice, and break through.
 

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