i have (what seems to me) a complicated question...
So i recently crashed my solo into a pond that was covered in ice so when it hit, it only partially submerged. The front gimble with GoPro and front props were completely submerged leaving the rear props and rear end of the main body out. It took me about 5 minutes to retrieve it and during that time it eventually fully submerged briefly as i broke the ice getting to it. it was still powered on when i arrived and when i got back to shore, i pulled the batteries out of both the solo and gopro. i took them home and dismantled both to the component level, let them air dry if front (3') of a space heater on low heat for 3-4 days.
In the meantime i picked up another solo and gopro (in the event my efforts were unsuccessful). Yesterday i put everything back together and attempted to power up. gopro is bricked, and the drone appears to be also. when i turn the drone on, the battery does its typical led dance and then when it goes to boot up the drone, i can hear "something" want to start (not a beep tho) and then nothing. almost kinda sounds like a very quick power surge to a motor (that doesn't spin) followed by no activity at all. no leds on solo, or anything. This was performed without a gimble connected fyi.
So here's my complicated question: I now have a working solo (flys great) and a non-working solo. what are the chances of me taking parts off the non-working solo to isolate the faulty components in the working solo WITHOUT causing harm to the "known good" parts in the working solo? I've found a vender in CA that sells solo components separately so i could order the new parts to make the broke drone non-broke again. I just dont want to risk damaging the good drone in the process.
Any thoughts or ideas (besides "buy a new solo") will be very welcomed. I'd like to use the broke drone as a project into either making it better than factory, or at the very least learn how the fine details of it works. Im not new to the RC world as ive had a few RC cars in my day, but this my first venture into the skies with these solo's.
Thanks in advance!
Dave
So i recently crashed my solo into a pond that was covered in ice so when it hit, it only partially submerged. The front gimble with GoPro and front props were completely submerged leaving the rear props and rear end of the main body out. It took me about 5 minutes to retrieve it and during that time it eventually fully submerged briefly as i broke the ice getting to it. it was still powered on when i arrived and when i got back to shore, i pulled the batteries out of both the solo and gopro. i took them home and dismantled both to the component level, let them air dry if front (3') of a space heater on low heat for 3-4 days.
In the meantime i picked up another solo and gopro (in the event my efforts were unsuccessful). Yesterday i put everything back together and attempted to power up. gopro is bricked, and the drone appears to be also. when i turn the drone on, the battery does its typical led dance and then when it goes to boot up the drone, i can hear "something" want to start (not a beep tho) and then nothing. almost kinda sounds like a very quick power surge to a motor (that doesn't spin) followed by no activity at all. no leds on solo, or anything. This was performed without a gimble connected fyi.
So here's my complicated question: I now have a working solo (flys great) and a non-working solo. what are the chances of me taking parts off the non-working solo to isolate the faulty components in the working solo WITHOUT causing harm to the "known good" parts in the working solo? I've found a vender in CA that sells solo components separately so i could order the new parts to make the broke drone non-broke again. I just dont want to risk damaging the good drone in the process.
Any thoughts or ideas (besides "buy a new solo") will be very welcomed. I'd like to use the broke drone as a project into either making it better than factory, or at the very least learn how the fine details of it works. Im not new to the RC world as ive had a few RC cars in my day, but this my first venture into the skies with these solo's.
Thanks in advance!
Dave