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Hello to all, new(-ish) P3A owner from Greece, introducing myself as the forum title says.
I have been flying RCs for some years now, but my experience with quadcopters is on mostly cheap toy-level models. Still I have had some honest fun with them, and have not abandoned them.
I got a P3A last Xmas. So far it has flown a total of ... 1 times in beginner mode. Being a software person myself, I promptly did the sensible thing and installed all the updates etc the day I bought it and before I took it out. No problems to report, in fact I was VERY impressed.
Then I started reading this forum. So many issues, so many technical details, so many complaints. After reading all this, I am now almost afraid to do test flight #2 (ok, I admit I had other issues that kept postponing it, including work and rainy weather on some weekends).
But are flyaways that common? Compass errors? VPS going crazy? Software versions that work and others that don't? Are things that bad? The complexity of it all, I don't know if I need this on a hobby. Maybe I should stick to my Syma X8 clone . Or use ATTI only, which -I read- gives me the control I am used to.
I still believe this P3 is an little piece of marvelous engineering. Hope it proves me right.
Greetings to all.
VNN
I have been flying RCs for some years now, but my experience with quadcopters is on mostly cheap toy-level models. Still I have had some honest fun with them, and have not abandoned them.
I got a P3A last Xmas. So far it has flown a total of ... 1 times in beginner mode. Being a software person myself, I promptly did the sensible thing and installed all the updates etc the day I bought it and before I took it out. No problems to report, in fact I was VERY impressed.
Then I started reading this forum. So many issues, so many technical details, so many complaints. After reading all this, I am now almost afraid to do test flight #2 (ok, I admit I had other issues that kept postponing it, including work and rainy weather on some weekends).
But are flyaways that common? Compass errors? VPS going crazy? Software versions that work and others that don't? Are things that bad? The complexity of it all, I don't know if I need this on a hobby. Maybe I should stick to my Syma X8 clone . Or use ATTI only, which -I read- gives me the control I am used to.
I still believe this P3 is an little piece of marvelous engineering. Hope it proves me right.
Greetings to all.
VNN