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Hi All,
Brand new to this and very first post, hope it gets seen!
Loving my PV2+ and took it to the beach today. Landed it back on the sand, with motors still spinning, but then a small wave about 2 inches high crept up to the PV2+ and splashed it. Cue panic - please dont laugh, but of course in hindsight I should have simply pushed up on the controls. Stupidly, I stuck my hand right into the blades to rescue it.
Took it home, dried it as best as I could - sand and sea water appear to have got all over the gimble and camera/SD slot etc.
We dried it out, the PV2+ powers up fine, and motors do spin, albeit with one slower than the other three (that will be because my hand stopped that particular motor - obviously new motor needed). The front right light works when powering up, but stops lighting up after the initial beeps.
When trying to connect to the camera it simply says "connection to camera failed" - I assume the water has buggered the electrics and thus there is no connection to the camera... which in turn means that I have no idea whether the camera itself works or not. Electrics could be working and camera is buggered, or electrics are buggered and status of camera is unknown.
I would like to ask if anyone else has been in a similar situation before? Does anyone have anything useful to add? - What is the likely cost of repair of the above? -
Any advice is much appreciated.
Paul
Brand new to this and very first post, hope it gets seen!
Loving my PV2+ and took it to the beach today. Landed it back on the sand, with motors still spinning, but then a small wave about 2 inches high crept up to the PV2+ and splashed it. Cue panic - please dont laugh, but of course in hindsight I should have simply pushed up on the controls. Stupidly, I stuck my hand right into the blades to rescue it.
Took it home, dried it as best as I could - sand and sea water appear to have got all over the gimble and camera/SD slot etc.
We dried it out, the PV2+ powers up fine, and motors do spin, albeit with one slower than the other three (that will be because my hand stopped that particular motor - obviously new motor needed). The front right light works when powering up, but stops lighting up after the initial beeps.
When trying to connect to the camera it simply says "connection to camera failed" - I assume the water has buggered the electrics and thus there is no connection to the camera... which in turn means that I have no idea whether the camera itself works or not. Electrics could be working and camera is buggered, or electrics are buggered and status of camera is unknown.
I would like to ask if anyone else has been in a similar situation before? Does anyone have anything useful to add? - What is the likely cost of repair of the above? -
Any advice is much appreciated.
Paul