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Went flying today and had my first crash. I have been flying RC planes and helis for years and this was about my 10th flight on the P2V. I went to the local schoolyard and sent it out to the far side. Actually a little too far since it got tangled in the trees about 20 ft altitude. I was thinking that I might be a too close and looked at my iPhone for an FPV view. All I saw were branches - thats bad. Then I saw it fall straight down and land upside down in the snow. When getting to it, the P2V was upside down and the props were spinning madly like it was trying to get somewhere. The camera was detached and laying about 6 feet away. I shut it down and then took a deep breath.
Damage: really not much. The white rubber grommets detached and easily reattached the camera. I plugged in the 2 wires feeding the camera. One prop was broken in half. I replaced the prop and had it flying as normal 15 minutes later. I had a gas powered .60 size helicopter for years and if it had crashed the way my P2v did, it would have been destroyed. Gas helis love to flop and twitch and eat themselves to death on the ground when they are mad at you.
I love the P2V and see no need to go back to gas powered RC. The cost of this crash was one prop where a gas heli would have had big $$ damage - really big $$. All in all, not a bad day flying considering I learned a lesson to stay far away from the trees.
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Damage: really not much. The white rubber grommets detached and easily reattached the camera. I plugged in the 2 wires feeding the camera. One prop was broken in half. I replaced the prop and had it flying as normal 15 minutes later. I had a gas powered .60 size helicopter for years and if it had crashed the way my P2v did, it would have been destroyed. Gas helis love to flop and twitch and eat themselves to death on the ground when they are mad at you.
I love the P2V and see no need to go back to gas powered RC. The cost of this crash was one prop where a gas heli would have had big $$ damage - really big $$. All in all, not a bad day flying considering I learned a lesson to stay far away from the trees.
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