Good point. My thought is I would sill do all I can to keep it from tipping but if it does tip it will HOPEFULLY float even if it is upside down, atleast you can go out in a boat and get it and it won't be down bottom.Just remember that if that AC lands on the water tilted in any form - the TOP-HEAVY weight will take over and she'll hang upside down in the water ...
As a 'boater' ... Shipping guy ... there's no ballast there to counter the top weight. The floats are not wide enough outside of the area of the AC ... so any upset or chop ... in my view would be extremely unstable.
Now if you took CF rods and extended out horizontally as an X and then fitted what look like Pool Foam pieces well outside the area of the AC ... then you would have better chance of it actually surviving a water landing.
Sorry to appear negative - but would not want you to suffer a mishap...
Nigel
I test it in the pool. I have to do a few modifications to the floats.That's a great idea especially if your flying over water or if you plan on landing in a pool.
Good point. My thought is I would sill do all I can to keep it from tipping but if it does tip it will HOPEFULLY float even if it is upside down, atleast you can go out in a boat and get it and it won't be down bottom.
Have you looked at the Waterstrider by Dronecraft?
Good point. My thought is I would sill do all I can to keep it from tipping but if it does tip it will HOPEFULLY float even if it is upside down, atleast you can go out in a boat and get it and it won't be down bottom.
People come up with things like this all the time and they are all a waste of time.When flying over water I'll slap these on just to be safe especially after my pro went down in the lake
People come up with things like this all the time and they are all a waste of time.
Ironically, they are more likely to cause problems than prevent them.
They are going to eat your flight time, slow your Phantom's speed and ability to deal with wind.
And if you ever have a fall-from-the-sky situation, your Phantom is going to end up under the floats while you are looking for a boat to go out and find the wreck.
Unless you really need to land or take off from water, don't bother with something like this.
Fine ... but my P3S went half under in FRESH WATER and the damage to her is beyond economic repair ... the battery puffed and because it was still 'live' - cooked the mainboard of the P3S ...
In fact I wish it had sunk out of sight ... it's depressing having it sit there now.
Nigel
I fly various float planes of that same river and only had one or two items fail after immersion. I also have RC boats ....
All have had their 'submarine' moments ..... dry out and they fly again. LiPo's - all survived.
But my P3S didn't ....... nor did the battery. I have the intelligent board and case still - thinking I could ressurect by installing own cells .... board is useless, same as the P3S mainboard.
Its not swamp water .... this is a fresh water river that runs down to the Baltic .... the water is literally that clean - many houses actually pump the water to domestic supply.
True distilled / de-ionised water dies not conduct - but yes - any minerals or dissolved salts create conductivity ....
Maybe there had been a high level of land run-off ... who knows.
Nigel