Stambo
Well-Known Member
Well after flying at least 2 batteries but regularly 4 or 5 and sometimes more than 10 almost every day since I got it, I have finally killed my V949. I have had it close to 6 months, that's a lot of flying.
I have to say it has been the best $50 I have ever spent on a toy.
I was flying today with it and noticed some very strange behavior.
One corner kept dipping and then recovering.
I landed and gave it a squirt with the magic silicon spray and it seemed to fix it so off I went for some more flights.
I was up quite high and it did it again but did not recover.
I picked it up and it was still in one piece but when I tried to run it that motor was very sluggish.
I could probably get another motor and have it flying again but after the countless crashes and abuse I think it deserves retirement. The other motors have done the same amount of work, the electronics are in such a state that I have to put it on an angle when I plug it in so it will fly straight, the canopy is held together with tape, it has definitely seen better days.
Besides I have another one already!!!
I enjoy this thing so much that I got another BNF version just in case this happened. At $36 I don't think it's even worth contemplating repairing the battered one.
Now I have to decide when I buy another one, do I get the V949 again or do I go for the new V212 like Westy got.
I have some nano fpv gear that was gonna go on the new V949 but all reports say the V212 is even more stable so that may be the answer.
I just need to find out whether the parts I have for the V949 will fit the V212.
These little quads are just so addictive.
I have to say it has been the best $50 I have ever spent on a toy.
I was flying today with it and noticed some very strange behavior.
One corner kept dipping and then recovering.
I landed and gave it a squirt with the magic silicon spray and it seemed to fix it so off I went for some more flights.
I was up quite high and it did it again but did not recover.
I picked it up and it was still in one piece but when I tried to run it that motor was very sluggish.
I could probably get another motor and have it flying again but after the countless crashes and abuse I think it deserves retirement. The other motors have done the same amount of work, the electronics are in such a state that I have to put it on an angle when I plug it in so it will fly straight, the canopy is held together with tape, it has definitely seen better days.
Besides I have another one already!!!
I enjoy this thing so much that I got another BNF version just in case this happened. At $36 I don't think it's even worth contemplating repairing the battered one.
Now I have to decide when I buy another one, do I get the V949 again or do I go for the new V212 like Westy got.
I have some nano fpv gear that was gonna go on the new V949 but all reports say the V212 is even more stable so that may be the answer.
I just need to find out whether the parts I have for the V949 will fit the V212.
These little quads are just so addictive.