I had a Telemega go in the water.  I was able to retrieve it within a five 
minutes or so, and dried it the same way Dan Crank did—in a sealed container 
with dry rice for a day.  The same flight had a couple of PerfectFlite MAWD 
altimeters and a keychain camera that were treated the same way.  All units 
functioned normally after drying, including the barometric chips, except the 
camera:  I no longer can record sound on it.  Good luck!

 

Ed Chess

 

From: altusmetrum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of danno
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 1:33 PM
To: Altus Metrum <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [altusmetrum] TeleSubmarine!

 

I have a TeleGPS that still appears to work OK after spending a night 
underwater. It doesn't have the barometric components, though. That same flight 
had a Featherweight Raven which got the same treatment, and still seems 
accurate as an altimeter. All I did with them was put them in tupperware 
containers with dry rice for a day or so, and give them new batteries. 

Dan Crank 

On May 24, 2016 1:25 PM, "sebastien_lec" <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

Hi,

 I have a telemega who ditched into the only river in our launch area... Murphy 
law.  We found the rocket only the following day.

I am still waiting for it to dry completely before testing but I am wondering 
if other peoples ditched telemetrum/telemega into water. What repair did you do 
(if possible at all) to make it back to operational status. I expect the need 
to replace the barometer IC  but anything else?

Thank for any help/story/advice
Sébastien Leclerc 
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