Had the Air 3S out last night for some night flying. Weather forecast looked clear and had been out for about an hour, when I started feeling some raindrops on my head. Drone was only about 150m away so brought it back and landed ASAP.
Once landed, gave the drone a bit of a wipe over as there were a few drops on it, but it was by no means drenched. No errors or warnings on the way back.
Does anyone have any experience with light showers like this? Should I be okay or is there anything else I need to check?
I’ve been caught short in the rain quite a few times ( not with an air 3s mind )
Like yourself got the drone back quickly gave it a wipe down etc etc has never been a problem,
Once when I went up through the fog/mist it came down like it had been in a bucket of water, wiped it over & when I got home give it a blast with the hairdryer on a cool setting in all the crevices/motors etc with battery removed, then booted it up let the props spin on & off in intervals over about a 5 minute period no issues at all.
When I’ve flown in misty conditions when its landed I take battery out and on getting home leave the drone opened out (ie legs, gimbal cover off) on my desk overnight.
That will be fine , just leave it open in a warm room it will evaporate off , I’ve been caught out in a rain shower before when flying back , obviously it’s best avoided but these things happen, I’ve seen on here where lost drones fire up so you will be fine mate .
Thanks all. I was pretty quick getting it down and it seems okay today, so fingers crossed all good. Battery was out as soon as it landed and have left it out overnight so hopefully will do the trick. Major disadvantage of flying at night is you can’t really see what the weather is up to!
My (MP) has had many trips through misty/foggy conditions and come back pretty damned wet on many of those occasions .. it’s still fully fit at more than 9 years old.