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<blockquote data-quote="SPark_South_Oz" data-source="post: 123784" data-attributes="member: 17032"><p>Wow, that's great !</p><p>It probably lost connection before landing, and therefore wasn't able to log the complete flight before auto land.</p><p></p><p>So now you have that back and the M1P, before doing anything, label your drones with your mobile / cell number, and / or put a file on the micro SD card with your contact info.</p><p></p><p>Next, if not already done, remove the battery, no trying it in the drone to see if it functions.</p><p>It probably auto landed with 5% or less power in the battery, so you might be ok with any possibility of it shorting if it did get rained on.</p><p>The battery wouldn't have lasted much longer after landing before it shut down totally.</p><p></p><p>When the battery is out, I would try a single push and see if any leds came on </p><p>Will only be a flashing first led I imagine, indicating very low power (if any leds light up at all).</p><p>Either way, put it aside and get the drone checked I think.</p><p></p><p>I'd start like this . . . take a cover off the Spark and check inside for moisture, search youtube for how to do this, search something like > remove covers from DJI spark drone</p><p></p><p>Visibly check inside for moisture, hopefully none, but I would give it some drying time anyway, even if it looks dry.</p><p></p><p>Forget the rice, it's an old wives tale and does very little to help the drying process.</p><p>If wanting to help any drying to be perhaps faster (be good if you do see any moisture / condensation inside), get a tupperware type container, buy a lb or half kg of silica gel crystals, wrap the drone in cloth, and place in the container on top of the crystals carefully, don't bother covering, to much risk of dust etc (rice is far the worst for dust though).</p><p></p><p>Or, if inside looks dry, you can just wrap in a cloth lightly and put it in a warm place, a sunlit window sill, mantle over a fireplace (only if just warm !) a drying cupboard etc. </p><p>Leave it a few days, check again, repeat if necessary, but a few days should be ample.</p><p></p><p>Once the drone is dry. </p><p>You have other batteries ?</p><p>If so, charge one and try it in the drone, props off, initialise, check gimbal does its dance, check through menus etc, etc.</p><p>If all seems ok, got through a motor start up without props and see if it sounds normal.</p><p>Then with props on a simple hover test flight outside.</p><p></p><p>Get more and more bold with testing gradually, until sure it's behaving normally for flight, then take some photos etc and see if that's all ok.</p><p>Check your flight logs each time to see if there are any warnings or anomalies through the flights.</p><p></p><p>The battery that was in it and in the weather, you could try this while the drone is getting a dry out.</p><p>If not swollen, I'd certainly test it . . . put on charger, see if it takes a charge.</p><p>Make sure not getting unusually hot, not swelling, be extra careful to be there with it in sight while charging.</p><p></p><p>If it seems ok with normal charging process, when finished I'd try it in the drone in a similar fashion you do with the spare battery above, nice gradual testing before possibly trusting it again.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPark_South_Oz, post: 123784, member: 17032"] Wow, that's great ! It probably lost connection before landing, and therefore wasn't able to log the complete flight before auto land. So now you have that back and the M1P, before doing anything, label your drones with your mobile / cell number, and / or put a file on the micro SD card with your contact info. Next, if not already done, remove the battery, no trying it in the drone to see if it functions. It probably auto landed with 5% or less power in the battery, so you might be ok with any possibility of it shorting if it did get rained on. The battery wouldn't have lasted much longer after landing before it shut down totally. When the battery is out, I would try a single push and see if any leds came on Will only be a flashing first led I imagine, indicating very low power (if any leds light up at all). Either way, put it aside and get the drone checked I think. I'd start like this . . . take a cover off the Spark and check inside for moisture, search youtube for how to do this, search something like > remove covers from DJI spark drone Visibly check inside for moisture, hopefully none, but I would give it some drying time anyway, even if it looks dry. Forget the rice, it's an old wives tale and does very little to help the drying process. If wanting to help any drying to be perhaps faster (be good if you do see any moisture / condensation inside), get a tupperware type container, buy a lb or half kg of silica gel crystals, wrap the drone in cloth, and place in the container on top of the crystals carefully, don't bother covering, to much risk of dust etc (rice is far the worst for dust though). Or, if inside looks dry, you can just wrap in a cloth lightly and put it in a warm place, a sunlit window sill, mantle over a fireplace (only if just warm !) a drying cupboard etc. Leave it a few days, check again, repeat if necessary, but a few days should be ample. Once the drone is dry. You have other batteries ? If so, charge one and try it in the drone, props off, initialise, check gimbal does its dance, check through menus etc, etc. If all seems ok, got through a motor start up without props and see if it sounds normal. Then with props on a simple hover test flight outside. Get more and more bold with testing gradually, until sure it's behaving normally for flight, then take some photos etc and see if that's all ok. Check your flight logs each time to see if there are any warnings or anomalies through the flights. The battery that was in it and in the weather, you could try this while the drone is getting a dry out. If not swollen, I'd certainly test it . . . put on charger, see if it takes a charge. Make sure not getting unusually hot, not swelling, be extra careful to be there with it in sight while charging. If it seems ok with normal charging process, when finished I'd try it in the drone in a similar fashion you do with the spare battery above, nice gradual testing before possibly trusting it again. Good luck with it. [/QUOTE]
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