I just had a scary flight at near dark when I like to fly so to still see the dim sky and lights of P2 are clearly visible, I got far enough away that I could not tell which direction it was facing and all movements I made to determine this seemed to move it further away. I began to panic and switched off the transmitter. I waited and it did not appear to be heading back, if anything it was still moving away. Barely visible over the distant tree tops, I jumped into my car and zig zagged thru the streets to keep it in sight until I came to a large cemetery, and the P2 seemed to be at the far side (approx. 400-500 yds), now it is just about dark, and my heart is pounding, I turned the controller on and tried to rotate to determine its orientation, but the colors seemed to blend together, I then tried to move one direction then another but still could not figure its orientation, or if I even had control, it still appeared to be slowly moving away. Now completely dark, but with full moon I ran across the cemetery wide open toward the P2 until I got to the far side which was a thick line of trees, but it was no longer in the sky, I searched there for the lights in the tree tops, and along the ground-no luck. On the other side of the tree line was a large neighborhood, so I ended up driving up and down the streets there looking for the lights on house and tree tops. On my second pass on one of the streets I noticed flashing lights in my rear view mirror, and behold, some kids were trying to flag me down by waving my P2 around. They said it had scared the hell out of them by landing with those flashing lights in their yard. And by the way, I had printed on the side of the P2 with a permanent pen "Reward if found" with telephone number. They asked about it and I gladly gave them a nice cash reward. When I got home, my wife said the kids parents had called that they had recovered my P2.
Lucky honest people found it for me, unlucky in that I don't know why it did not come home when I switched off the transmitter. It was blinking all green when I took off, no wind and plenty of battery left. I wonder if it is human error or if I had inadvertently switched S1 or S2 to something causing this. I always start with both up. But while running across the cemetery, I noticed S1 had been knocked to the middle position, just don't know when. I would like a very bright horizontal light of some sort that gives a visual of the P2 orientation, any ideas? Also to mention when I came up to the cemetery with the P2 appearing to be on the far side, I wish I had thought to just land it right away, but when you are panicking, running thru a cemetery at night and dollar signs are flashing before your eyes you tend to become un-rational, actually **** near crying.
so pleased 
