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Just got done chatting with 3DR on my mistake giving my Solo a short bath. Totally my fault so just wanted to see if I could get a new GPS module since it doesn't seem to be working. Here is a quick brief of what happened.
Landed on a dock on the lake
Back legs went into gap between boards
Solo wouldn't shut down because it wasn't level
Stupidly, tried to fly it out, one leg held longer than the other causing the Solo to flip to the side
Watched Solo fly into lake
Jumped into the lake and retrieved Solo with GoPro Hero 4 Black.
After drying the parts was able to get the GoPro working again but need to open it up since it isn't as clear on the left side.
Solo wasn't as lucky... needed to replace one pad and got it working again. Took the Solo out to test it but couldn't lock on any satellites. Flow in manual mode to test it further. Gimbal worked just fine with GoPro.
In many respects I am very lucky. Even the battery survived. Contacted 3DR to see if I could order a replacement GPS board but they said that I would need to contact their service center... Turns out that it is a third party company - Current UAS - UAV Repair Services
I am going to try and make sure that both sides of the connector are secured then reach out to the service company if it still fails. Will do that this evening.
Question, should I just look at getting the M8N board instead if I have to replace it.
Thoughts - hate to see that Solo with so much promise didn't succeed... The very fact that repairs are going to a third party says a lot
Landed on a dock on the lake
Back legs went into gap between boards
Solo wouldn't shut down because it wasn't level
Stupidly, tried to fly it out, one leg held longer than the other causing the Solo to flip to the side
Watched Solo fly into lake
Jumped into the lake and retrieved Solo with GoPro Hero 4 Black.
After drying the parts was able to get the GoPro working again but need to open it up since it isn't as clear on the left side.
Solo wasn't as lucky... needed to replace one pad and got it working again. Took the Solo out to test it but couldn't lock on any satellites. Flow in manual mode to test it further. Gimbal worked just fine with GoPro.
In many respects I am very lucky. Even the battery survived. Contacted 3DR to see if I could order a replacement GPS board but they said that I would need to contact their service center... Turns out that it is a third party company - Current UAS - UAV Repair Services
I am going to try and make sure that both sides of the connector are secured then reach out to the service company if it still fails. Will do that this evening.
Question, should I just look at getting the M8N board instead if I have to replace it.
Thoughts - hate to see that Solo with so much promise didn't succeed... The very fact that repairs are going to a third party says a lot