I just thought I'd share a story that I found humorous..
Before I bought my P4P a year ago, my neighbor's evergreen tree grabbed my $35 Syma X5SW by the prop guards about 50 foot from the ground. Yes, i should not have been flying in my neighborhood, nor should I have been flying in such high winds. My only excuse would be that I was fairly new to flying outside at the time. Not being worth the risk of trying to retrieve it, we apologized to our neighbor and asked that they let us know if it ever came down. I could see it with binoculars for a month or two, but it soon disappeared from view. I had no idea if it had fallen further down the tree beyond site or if it fell completely to the ground and someone took it. I checked with some surrounding neighbors and no one claimed to have seen it. At that point I pretty much gave up on it, but never forgot the lesson.
Fast forward to a little over a year later, here comes my neighbor to the door holding my drone. All I could do was laugh when I saw it. I'm not sure what my neighbor was thinking, but he didn't seem to find it as funny. I again apologized and thanked him for returning it. Everything on it that wasn't white was very sun faded and there was some particular matter on it that confirmed it had indeed been outside for a long time. I assumed it was toast after spending over a year in the rain and snow, but had to try it out. The battery looked fine, so I went ahead and hooked it up to the charger and crossed my fingers hoping that the cheap LiPo battery would not catch fire or explode. While the lights on my charger indicated something wasn't right, it did take a charge.
I was surprised when the drone actually lit up and sync'd to my controller, but even more surprised when it actually flew. The camera on it would not work, but who needs a .1mp drone camera at 720p when you have a P4P? If I ever fly it outside again, I'm taking those prop guards off for sure.
Before I bought my P4P a year ago, my neighbor's evergreen tree grabbed my $35 Syma X5SW by the prop guards about 50 foot from the ground. Yes, i should not have been flying in my neighborhood, nor should I have been flying in such high winds. My only excuse would be that I was fairly new to flying outside at the time. Not being worth the risk of trying to retrieve it, we apologized to our neighbor and asked that they let us know if it ever came down. I could see it with binoculars for a month or two, but it soon disappeared from view. I had no idea if it had fallen further down the tree beyond site or if it fell completely to the ground and someone took it. I checked with some surrounding neighbors and no one claimed to have seen it. At that point I pretty much gave up on it, but never forgot the lesson.
Fast forward to a little over a year later, here comes my neighbor to the door holding my drone. All I could do was laugh when I saw it. I'm not sure what my neighbor was thinking, but he didn't seem to find it as funny. I again apologized and thanked him for returning it. Everything on it that wasn't white was very sun faded and there was some particular matter on it that confirmed it had indeed been outside for a long time. I assumed it was toast after spending over a year in the rain and snow, but had to try it out. The battery looked fine, so I went ahead and hooked it up to the charger and crossed my fingers hoping that the cheap LiPo battery would not catch fire or explode. While the lights on my charger indicated something wasn't right, it did take a charge.
I was surprised when the drone actually lit up and sync'd to my controller, but even more surprised when it actually flew. The camera on it would not work, but who needs a .1mp drone camera at 720p when you have a P4P? If I ever fly it outside again, I'm taking those prop guards off for sure.
