Strange the things you don't notice when you're busy flying. Turns out at some stage over the last lot of flights one of my landings must have been a bit too heavy and I managed to crack the frame back right arm on the frame of my Eachine QX95.Frames for the QX95 are pretty cheap - about $12 NZD each, so I ordered a couple more when I realised that it was broken.
While this micro quad is pretty darn solid - and certainly has taken some serious punishment at my hands - it isn't indestructible - so if you get one (and you like it after the first few flights) I'd advise getting that spare frame in the post as a part of your next order.
I use prop-guards on my quads wherever I can, especially on the micros. I love them. There are a lot of trees and leaves (and walls) around where I fly and I am constantly surprised at the crashes I can recover from. I recommend the full-surround prop-guards for the QX95 because the partial ones seem to snag on things a little more often.
Another surprising upside of the full-surround prop-guards is that they hold everything together if one of the arms cracks. I can't guarantee that it will work every time, but in this particular instance the only reason I noticed the arm was broken was because it was on a slight angle - the rest of the tension being applied by the prop guard. I guess I should check the quad for damage more often. I initially thought the motor wasn't aligned properly.The good news is, though, that all that was needed was a bit of medium viscosity superglue and about 15 minutes of setting it was good go and ready for the same level of punishment. I've put 7 batteries through it since then (today, FTW, you can check out one of the flights here) and it doesn't seem to have upset the glue at all.
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