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DJI Phantom Drone UAV Crash in Lake - Amazingly Still Works!

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Channel: Ken Hook · 2015 · Travel & Events

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I was flying my Phantom 2 over a lake to catch a shot of an island.  Suddenly the Phantom crashed from a height of 50 feet about 100 feet off shore.  Luckily it was in only 3 feet of water so I waded out to retrieve it.  Phantoms sink like stones in lakes!

A Go Pro continued to film the entire crash even underwater without an underwater housing!  I thought everything would be ruined however I promptly took everything apart at home and carefully dried it with a hairdryer.  Afterwards the Go Pro was placed in a bag of rice to further dry it out.  

Check out my Phantom review here:
http://45degreeslatitude.com/blog/getting-started/review-of-dji-phantom-2-drone-with-zenmuse-hd-3d-3-axis-gimbal-and-gopro-hero-3-black-edition-camera/ 

Everything seems to work!  Even the footage on the mini-SD card was fine!  This little unit although fragile is tough.

Note: my Phantom was fully charged but for some reason completely died after 3 minutes of flight.  Must be defective.

Check out my Phantom review here:
http://45degreeslatitude.com/blog/getting-started/review-of-dji-phantom-2-drone-with-zenmuse-hd-3d-3-axis-gimbal-and-gopro-hero-3-black-edition-camera/

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