I have been on this forum for over a year, and for the most part have found everyone very helpful, and I have helped those I could, coming from a Aviation background, but not RC stuff. Started with a P1, then P2, then P2+v3 and now the P3. I have flown RC helicopters as I was a crew chief for many years and have a fondness for them. The issue I see is many of us have been in the hobby for years, some much longer than me, but we have something in common, we learned to fly without the auto-everything, and sometimes get frustrated with the oh-so-often repeated questions that could easily be answered by either reading the PDF manual or using the forum search feature. This is actually a symptom of the P3 itself, it is so easy to fly (flies itself) that many feel they don't need to study in depth, just jump on the forum and ask away, not caring or knowing that the answer to their question has been answered many times, sometimes on the previous page. Some have had issues that were plainly outlined in the manual that they either skimmed, or didn't bother to read in detail, and are surprised when the P3 doesn't do what they thought it should, sometimes resulting in a crash. As a Army crew-chief I was responsible for every functioning part of my bird, and although it was almost impossible to know everything in the 3 6" thick tech manuals I **** well knew where to find it. If I went to my TI with a question I should have known I had my *** handed to me, but quick, with no nice talk. If my P3 ever does a crash-N-burn my first question will be "What did I do wrong to cause that" And after examining my actions if I determine my procedures were all correct then I look at the bird for the fault. 98% of aircraft crashes are pilot error, because we are human, and make mistakes.
OK, end of rant......
