Typhoon went for a swim. Advice Please

RPR · Feb 4, 2019

Is this your drone?

JMichael · Feb 4, 2019

RPR
When the page populated this image , my eyes began to leak a little .
Man that is Horrible !

biltno · Feb 4, 2019

No saving that one

Steve Carr · Feb 4, 2019

Crazy Crow said:
I experienced a similar accident.
If drying has no effect, which I doubt since you saw smoke, I suspect a mainboard replacement is the best option.
You can do it yourself like I did. Will save you a lot of cash and shipping fees.
Heres my tutorial on how to do it.

Good work on the video. I also like your setup for testing the motors.

Phaedrus · Feb 4, 2019

Sort of interesting that had he been registered, which I doubt he was, he might have been tracked down that way as well. Brings up a good point, I wonder what percentage of people are actually registered with the FAA? Personally I'd be surprised if it was more than 25% of hobby operators.

AH-1G · Feb 4, 2019

So is going to use the toothpaste he found to brush his teeth after dinner?

homedoc · Mar 1, 2019

SO????? Any updates on this? Did you get your drone back up in the air?

KevinSalyer · Nov 9, 2019

Carl H said:
My Typhoon H decided to bounce up with a mind of it's own after landing; flip; and walk it's way into a fresh water lake. I pulled it from the water fully submerged in less than 3 seconds; electrons are faster than 3 seconds; I know... Smoke was coming from the battery compartment; most likely some of ESCs on the mother broad. I have contacted Vertigo (they have been AWESOME every time I have gone to them) they suggested replacing the motherboard. They mentioned that they flight controller broad might be bad too; but is not something available on the market.

So here is the dilemma; questions; debate...

I cannot confirm if the camera is OK or any other electric parts of the drone. Now that it is completely dry can I try to power it up and see what works and what doesn't without fear of frying more components?

If anything other than the mother board needs to be replaced; i.e. the camera; flight controller; the cost of the repair starts to out be more than a new base unit.

Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?

Oh, maybe you can bring it to maintenance worker, he can repair it.