Do you have balls enough?

[John Dube]

I have tried lots of different floats on multirotors. In my experience, anything which has enough volume to float the bird will get pushed around by the slightest wind and will likely show up in the camera view. Even if you are lucky enough to fall buttered side up, there is still risk of flipping over. These birds are top heavy and wind, current or waves can tip them over. Those wood dowels look like they might break in a hard landing.
My solution was to build a quad in a waterproof, floating shell.

I agree with the others. Awesome. My concern would be water getting into the battery compartment and connections, causing a power issue.

 

[AJupstateNY]

View attachment 6037 I'll think I have, atleast so I will keep floating. I bought 120 mm styrofoam balls and some wooden sticks. Will take some pictures when it's finished and floating.

LOL, reminds me of my beginning RC Helicopter day, about 15 years ago, I had big balls then too!

 

[Hunter]

I tried the floaties but only for an emergency landing so I can retrieve and salvage what I can.

 

[gunman]

An in the interest of accurate info, here is a link to a 2013 article disputing most of the NeverWet claims and issues with it.

There's always FlexShot! Seals up boats and more.