Post by treva on May 3, 2017 3:32:59 GMT
Hi Folks:
Well we all know that quite a few are not water proof. I guess that comes down to quality control at the Swellpro Factory. Sadly the only way to test it, is to put it in the water. But that can go belly up. Excuse the pun guitar . So now I have once again mastered downsizing pics and can put them up here. So here is what I did to my SD. Whilst I had it in bits, replacing all four motors. This was on my Fly Away SD, found a month or two after its sudden unexplained and unwanted little journey off into the unknown. When found the battery was completely flat, so that was totaled. The 4 props had locked on, must have been still spinning after it crash landed. One motor completely blackened, on two others the prop shaft sheared whilst trying to remove props. So best to replace all four motors.
Obviously anyone wanting to go the whole distance as I have will have to separate the two SD body parts. Don't worry folks, there is only 27 screws to undo. But I will make that a separate post. We will stick to water proofing here. Okay, once we are inside, there is a very weak link, and that is the rubber block the motor wires go through, this is inside the body.
Remove the four securing screws that hold down the transparent plate. Then remove rubber block. Please note the motors are still attached to the top arm, and there is no need to remove them.
This is what you will find. Oh dear dear me Swellpro, was the girl applying the silicone, having a bad hair day, or was she running out of silicone sealant and trying to make it last the day. Or was it that she just didn't have a clue as to what she was doing, nor why she was doing it. This is just such a shitty job, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Obviously you know this is a weak link, hence the Silicone sealant. You may as well have not bothered. This is a quality control master fail.
This is how it should be done. And folks the bottom of the rubber block, where the motor wires enter, also got a good dosing of silicone sealant. And that is what I recommend.
I also added a little sealant to the transparent plate before screwing it back down. Before screwing the two body parts back together run some silicone grease around the white silicone gasket. Right you are done inside. And can put it back together.
Now its time to deal to the outside. A bit of overkill maybe. But hey. Its only sealant and it ain't going to cost you an arm and a leg.
Oops. Can't add anymore attachments, so I shall continue in a reply to this Subject.
Cheers Trev
Well we all know that quite a few are not water proof. I guess that comes down to quality control at the Swellpro Factory. Sadly the only way to test it, is to put it in the water. But that can go belly up. Excuse the pun guitar . So now I have once again mastered downsizing pics and can put them up here. So here is what I did to my SD. Whilst I had it in bits, replacing all four motors. This was on my Fly Away SD, found a month or two after its sudden unexplained and unwanted little journey off into the unknown. When found the battery was completely flat, so that was totaled. The 4 props had locked on, must have been still spinning after it crash landed. One motor completely blackened, on two others the prop shaft sheared whilst trying to remove props. So best to replace all four motors.
Obviously anyone wanting to go the whole distance as I have will have to separate the two SD body parts. Don't worry folks, there is only 27 screws to undo. But I will make that a separate post. We will stick to water proofing here. Okay, once we are inside, there is a very weak link, and that is the rubber block the motor wires go through, this is inside the body.
Remove the four securing screws that hold down the transparent plate. Then remove rubber block. Please note the motors are still attached to the top arm, and there is no need to remove them.
This is what you will find. Oh dear dear me Swellpro, was the girl applying the silicone, having a bad hair day, or was she running out of silicone sealant and trying to make it last the day. Or was it that she just didn't have a clue as to what she was doing, nor why she was doing it. This is just such a shitty job, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Obviously you know this is a weak link, hence the Silicone sealant. You may as well have not bothered. This is a quality control master fail.
This is how it should be done. And folks the bottom of the rubber block, where the motor wires enter, also got a good dosing of silicone sealant. And that is what I recommend.
I also added a little sealant to the transparent plate before screwing it back down. Before screwing the two body parts back together run some silicone grease around the white silicone gasket. Right you are done inside. And can put it back together.
Now its time to deal to the outside. A bit of overkill maybe. But hey. Its only sealant and it ain't going to cost you an arm and a leg.
Oops. Can't add anymore attachments, so I shall continue in a reply to this Subject.
Cheers Trev