All,
Good news/Bad news! I got out and flew a couple of days ago. I'm still trying to master basic flight but getting better! Some of those online videos make it look so easy! I noticed before that I had way more control than I needed so I dialed back the transmitter sensitivity to 75%. I figured with that and hover mode it should be easier. After a few flips and landing in the bushes, I made a couple of good flights around the yard. The "unfortunate incident" then happened - I set it down in the back yard, happy that I hadn't crashed and was going over to pick it up. I turned off the transmitter (is this is a big mistake or are my electronics just messed up) at that point the quad took off at FULL power and made a beeline, 15' off and parallel to the ground, directly at my house (and thankfully not my neighbors or persons) and crashed at full speed into my deck door. If I had a video it would have been epic! Am I not to suppose to turn off the transmitter until I switch off the battery on the quad? One other question, I was watch one of the chinese videos doing static tests and his controller had the throttle and roll on the same control stick and mine is setup with the throttle and yaw on the same stick. Is one of these a standard or is it personal preference?
Someone is making money keeping me in spare parts! I bought some 2mm+ Lexan panels at Lowes the other day. I want to see if I can cut it easily for landing gear - it claims to be almost unbreakable! We'll see!
Walker