Rnfaust
Second Officer
Flight distance : 734938 ft
United States
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Good advice Ray, but where were you 3 months ago when I wrote that? lol. Just kidding - I appreciate your response.
I, just like you, thought a "props on" lightweight case would be best, so I got a black suitcase style case from Amazon. $110 pic below. While it's a great case, I realized later that I probably would be unwilling to check it and it's too large to carry on. As far as taking it out on the paths behind my house, I still just put the P3 and controller with the hood and iPad mini installed all in a flat bottom ribbed nylon bag. No protection, but everything fits perfect. There's even room for my Trax Alias. But, for a road trip, the suitcase is great. There's room for the hood, the Mini and everything else as well. This case isn't much larger than the props off stuff. 23x14x9 @7.9 lbs sans drone. (Probably twice what the hard shell weighs)
So I'm pretty happy, but with the price of the hard shell dropping to $139 occasionally, I would buy one of them just for the cool factor. Plus, I think the hard shell is carry on approved.
At this point, I think I will just check this suitcase and if it gets messed up, I'll get one like yours. I know the suitcase will protect the P3 good enough, but no cool factor.
Conclusion: No big advantage to props on if you still have to assemble the controller, hood and iPad. Just buy (next time) a hard shell back pack and spend an extra 45 seconds putting the props on while it's warming up.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZZ3LZ3I?psc=1
Suitcase Black
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