I knew it wasn't the most secure of latches, and I had planned on installing SOME kind of secondary protection, but I figured it could wait until I started to do some serious and/or aggressive maneuvers, which I am NOT ready to do yet.
Nonetheless the battery door opened and the battery slid part-way out - maybe 3 cm or so. The Phantom went to the ground easy, so no damage whatsoever, but hell, I was just doing lazy 8's to get used to the handling and had added a bit of a slalom to both ends of the 8's when the door popped. @#$#@$%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I picked the craft up, checked it out completely, re-inserted the battery and took off again for a couple of minutes just to assure myself everything was in working order. It was, but, JEEEZ!!! That battery door latch sucks! Maybe I need to train the wires better to keep them from putting pressure on the door??? If that had happened at altitude instead of 5 feet off the ground, I'd be VERY pissed right now.
PF
Nonetheless the battery door opened and the battery slid part-way out - maybe 3 cm or so. The Phantom went to the ground easy, so no damage whatsoever, but hell, I was just doing lazy 8's to get used to the handling and had added a bit of a slalom to both ends of the 8's when the door popped. @#$#@$%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I picked the craft up, checked it out completely, re-inserted the battery and took off again for a couple of minutes just to assure myself everything was in working order. It was, but, JEEEZ!!! That battery door latch sucks! Maybe I need to train the wires better to keep them from putting pressure on the door??? If that had happened at altitude instead of 5 feet off the ground, I'd be VERY pissed right now.
PF