I just finished building my DJI F550 equipped with NAZA Lite w/ GPS, E300 Propulsion System, DJI landing gear, Sky Lipo 5500mah 4s, Fr Sky X8R Rx, and Fr Sky Taranis.
After a few weeks of flying near the house I decided it was time for something a little more interesting. I was out flying near a lake, after a few minutes of hovering I landed the craft and decided to fly around a peninsula. I took off about 30ft. above the water when all of a sudden the hexa tilted at a 45 degree angle and headed straight for the water. I punched the throttle all the way up to try and get it to shore, and it hit a pine tree, bounced down the hill and into the water. At this point I was half way from my launch point to the hexa. Luckily it came to rest on a rock about 5 feet underneath the water. Anywhere else and it would have been gone to the bottom which is nearly 80 feet deep.
Since I recovered the hexa I've thoroughly dried every thing. The battery did not short (thankfully), and the motors all seem to be in good condition. A week later I powered it up (props off) and tried to test it out. Two ESCs began pouring out red smoke so those are shot. Besides needing some new landing gear, a new top frame board, and one new white arm everything else seems to be in good condition. Obviously flying over water without any form of flotation/water protection isn't the brightest idea, but I trusted the equipment on the hexa to function properly for long enough to get a nice little flight in. Clearly, being new to multirotors, my first mistake was to trust that everything would function properly EVERY time.
My main reason for posting is to ask if there are any other potential damages/problems I should be aware of before I fly again. I'm clearly very lucky to have recovered my hexa AT ALL, but now that I've got it back I can't wait to get it back in the air. Thankfully I hadn't yet graduated to photography and didn't have any equipment on the F550 yet. Without being too critical of my absentminded flight path, I'd love any pointers on how to make this hobby fun, exciting, and SAFE. Also any water proofing/flotation ideas you have or have seen would be awesome.
Based on my analysis:
Needed Parts:
2x E300 ESC
1x White DJI F550 ARM
New Landing Gear (maybe not DJI?)
1x DJI FRAME BOARD (TOP) - I've noticed they only come in sets, so maybe keep the bottom board as a spare?
Thanks,
Tiger
After a few weeks of flying near the house I decided it was time for something a little more interesting. I was out flying near a lake, after a few minutes of hovering I landed the craft and decided to fly around a peninsula. I took off about 30ft. above the water when all of a sudden the hexa tilted at a 45 degree angle and headed straight for the water. I punched the throttle all the way up to try and get it to shore, and it hit a pine tree, bounced down the hill and into the water. At this point I was half way from my launch point to the hexa. Luckily it came to rest on a rock about 5 feet underneath the water. Anywhere else and it would have been gone to the bottom which is nearly 80 feet deep.
Since I recovered the hexa I've thoroughly dried every thing. The battery did not short (thankfully), and the motors all seem to be in good condition. A week later I powered it up (props off) and tried to test it out. Two ESCs began pouring out red smoke so those are shot. Besides needing some new landing gear, a new top frame board, and one new white arm everything else seems to be in good condition. Obviously flying over water without any form of flotation/water protection isn't the brightest idea, but I trusted the equipment on the hexa to function properly for long enough to get a nice little flight in. Clearly, being new to multirotors, my first mistake was to trust that everything would function properly EVERY time.
My main reason for posting is to ask if there are any other potential damages/problems I should be aware of before I fly again. I'm clearly very lucky to have recovered my hexa AT ALL, but now that I've got it back I can't wait to get it back in the air. Thankfully I hadn't yet graduated to photography and didn't have any equipment on the F550 yet. Without being too critical of my absentminded flight path, I'd love any pointers on how to make this hobby fun, exciting, and SAFE. Also any water proofing/flotation ideas you have or have seen would be awesome.
Based on my analysis:
Needed Parts:
2x E300 ESC
1x White DJI F550 ARM
New Landing Gear (maybe not DJI?)
1x DJI FRAME BOARD (TOP) - I've noticed they only come in sets, so maybe keep the bottom board as a spare?
Thanks,
Tiger
