Buying a used P3A

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Hey guys. Asking for a friend looking to buy a used drone. He's meeting up with someone to look at it and have a test flight. Anything in particular you'd recommend checking. All I could think of really is the batteries and how much life is left in them. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
 
Have the owner run it up a 100 ft or so and just let it sit. it should be stable and remain pretty much in the same place. then have him fly it out 4-500 meters and check the signal strength. Finally, have him shoot a short video and snap a few pictures. If you have a laptop or tablet with a card reader, take that with you and pull the SD card after the bird lands and look at the images.
 
Thanks guys. He bought it. Looks pretty clean. Only negative is that one of the batteries is not genuine DJI which I personally wouldn't use. He had 10 cycles on that battery and no issues but still.
 

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