Winter spent ph-4

[CIV]

My phantom 4 spent the winter in pieces under 4' of snow being subjected to all the elements. For 5 months before being retrieved.
It turns on normal but will not turn the blades.
I'm sure the water has fried somthing is there somthing I can do or would it be worth the money to send it in or write it off & get a new one?

 

[GFields]

Greetings from Birmingham Alabama USA, welcome to the forum! We look forward to hearing from you!
Personally, I would just not bother with repairing it. The P4 will need a RID module in addition to the repair.

 

[RodPad]

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[Gagey52]

Greetings CIV, welcome to the forum from the outback of Australia.
I’d be inclined to keep it for spare parts and buy another P4. You could send it away for repairs but I would always be worried that something else will go wrong. Nothing worse than having an unreliable drone.
Regards

 

[RodPad]

Yeppers

I would save it over sending it in. (You should see garage )
But if your going to mess with it. I would ditch the battery,
Was the battery you tried that one?

Just found this.

Phantom 4 Crash - Trying to decided if worth repair

Crashed my phantom 4 last November. It randomly lost power (I think from a defective 3rd party battery). It sat out in the rain and snow for 4 months before recovery. It didn't crash from more than 40 feet in altitude, so I think it might have been stepped on by cattle. Trying to decided if...

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Rod ..

 

[CR125Honda]

Send it to DJI for an estimate. If the
price is right, pay them. From what I’ve read and in my experience, they don’t actually repair your drone. They swap yours with a refurbished one. RID is a factor to consider though.

 

[CIV]

Thank you very much I appreciate you all.

 

[Rnc3.1]

Let us know which way you go. Lots of parts and experience, flying around here.