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Came across this story in one of my industrial mags...... In collisions with airplanes, drones worse than birds | 2017-12-01 | ISHN ...Jim

I registered back when the FAA was returning the 5 bucks. All the same, I'll stay with my numbers, hopefully..... ...Jim

I still have my FAA regie......I wonder if you'll have to re-register.

I don't know...maybe the statement was supposed to make you wake up and take notice. (it worked, right?) Too many variables on this one. Nearby lightning strike could cause havoc with the telemetry. The bird's dry but you're soaking wet with an equally soaking wet controller. Wind conditions...

I would think that the spinning hubs of the propellers would do a pretty good job of keeping the moisture out of the motor. Plus, unlike a brush motor, these are run inductively....there are no open exposure points in the motor. I flew, a few times, in dusty conditions where upon inspection...

Well done! A post flight examination of the bird should prove interesting. I'd like to see how you would go about waterproofing the controller.

I'm 65 and fly a P3A and a Syma X-8 (talk about atti)!!

Are there cell phone towers in the area? I've had this problem before with a clear visual of my surroundings, good lift-off, head out about 200 feet at 150 feet AGL and experience faulty telemetry. Was able to recover. Fly back to that same spot and again run into the same problem. Recover and...

Got mine a few days ago. It was a present for a friend of mine. The goggles fit perfectly.

When I updated the latest firmware for my P3A, I had a lot of probs with the download. What worked for me was junking the old app and installing a new one. Loaded up the first time and no probs.

How about the bench?.....Have it set up so you have a place for all the parts...and man! there's a LOT of parts that need minding! Have it well lit and keep the bench clean. Then, after an evening working on it, you can leave it be until you come back to it. Oh yeah...one other thing....take...

For my atti practice I use a Syma X-8c. Stripped down, they're a nimble piece of work. Tough case, good, cheap motors and parts are so cheap, I keep a stock of them. For inside flying, I like the JJRC H-20.

Create a void in the case where the power button is....

My wife liked the music.....she's a belly dancer for 30 years.

I had some problems with my P3A after loading the new updates. The worst problem was the new program would not allow me out of beginner mode. What a shock that was! After rebooting the update again the same problem persisted. Refered to one of the posts on this good Phorum that the OP rebooted...