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  1. TheKestrel

    Community responsibility?

    Just gathering metrics. Thread not intended to become or encourage argument. There is no time limit so over time and with a sufficiently large sample set, my hope is that this will fairly accurately reflect the state of this community’s thinking at any given point in time. You can change your...
  2. Steve_in_DE

    How much wind is too much?

    I am travelling to Orlando with my Phantom and hope to get some flights in. Looking at the weather forecast I see that winds are often 13-15mph. That seems a little breezy to me. Am I being too cautious? I plan to fly via a Litchi mission. Just how much wind is it reasonable to fly in...
  3. embayweather

    Wind speeds for first flights

    i have my P3P now, indeed I have had it for a few weeks. But health problems, rain and now wind keeps it grounded. I have some experience flying RC helicopters. But this is a new experience. Can someone advise me what sort of winds I should start to fly in please? I know what is recommended but...
  4. petermeter

    built a diy lipo safe box, will it work?

    steel box, drywall, oven seal, in the cover is stainless steel wool and rockwool (for pressure release, flame stopping and a little smoke filtering) tested it with a little amount of black powder, seemed to work good, but not sure it will withstand a real lipo burning, dont want to test...