thanks for all the quick responses. i let my plane dry over night in our heated boot drying room at work and charged the battery up and it seems to work fine. been raining here a lot (washington) so i haven't actually flown it again. in response to some of the other posts, i tried everything. i'm in the middle of nowhere and shooting at things is in my redneck blood anyhow. i tried casting a lead weight with a fishing pole over the branch to shake it down. and if you think shooting was dangerous, you should have seen me standing on an icy wooden pallet 25 ft up on a forklift with a 40 ft aluminum pole, plus i'm 6'5" and my buddy telling me "just a little more". anyhow, it seems to be working and thanks again for all the replies.