Safe to fly? Cracks on TOP shell

Josh Curtiss · Sep 15, 2017

Hey all, so I have the dreaded stress cracks on my P3P with the old original case. I have had it for two years so that's not bad all things considered. [emoji6]The cracks are minimal and I have reinforcements on the mounts.

Question, I have a crack on the TOP part of the shell, and I think I got it while hiking with it and it got jostled a bit. I can't see how this provides and strength/support during flight, but wanted to ask the pros.

I know the safe option is to replace the shell, already done it once for a P2V+ and have full intentions to with the P3. But i'm on vaca for a few more days and curious your opinion about it before I get to repairing it.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Josh

msinger · Sep 15, 2017

Got some duct tape to wrap around it? That should hold it as long as there aren't cracks around the bottom of the motor.

the88man · Sep 15, 2017

I had similar cracks on mine as well on both the rear motors. So before I replace the shell, I used Epoxy and used 2 zip ties to make sure it would not crack right off. It held for about 30 more flights then other cracks started to form. That's when I said it's time to replace the shell. So the glue and zip ties will hold it until you replace the shell.