terrylewis
First Officer
Flight distance : 3517287 ft
United States
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Since the dawn of aviation, materials that take flight are constantly loaded and unloaded with aerodynamic stress and vibration. For airworthiness, even metal aircraft are regularly inspected for cracks and fatigue.
Our Phantoms are not immune to these same stresses and if you fly your P3 long enough and subject it to enough stress, then it will eventually crack. As one person's opinion, those that fly the longest without cracks, do several things:
1) Fly reasonably conservatively. Try to avoid extreme braking and really hard maneuvering except in emergencies.
2) Try to reduce battery thermal loading by removing the battery after the P3 lands.
3) Plan their flights before taking flight. This will help to reduce unexpected extreme control movements and reduce aerodynamic stress.
4) Have four or more batteries and tend to fly more frequent but shorter duration flights, reducing higher temperature battery levels and allowing the motors to cool between flights.
5) Store the P3 (when not flying) in a temperature stable environment (not the boot/trunk of an auto)
6) Don't crash into things
p.s. As labroides points out, the new shell has been redesigned to be stronger and last longer!!!
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