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I would just add one thing to this discussion.  My wife and I missed her brother's death and funeral due to the restrictions.  I would say, however, based on our experience of travelling to Thailand after the event, that one needs about 2 weeks, rather than 2 days, to get the appropriate paperwork to fly.  First there's the applications for certificates of entry (COE) for both parties, which is carried out online in two stages, each of which can take three days.  Then there's a visa for the non-Thai passport holder (even if one isn't required in normal times), which is required before stage 2 of the COE application alongwith flight number, ASQ details, and COVID insurance details.  Finally there's the COVID test and separate fit-to-fly certificate, signed by a doctor, before flight, which I don't think can be done in less than 24 hours, since the quickie lateral flow test is not acceptable. 
 

I found that Angle mode is good for learning because it doesn't allow you to over-correct.  But it's up to personal preferences, I suppose.  My version must be about the same as yours for, since it works, I don't see any need to update it.  I much prefer the real thing over a simulator though, even though crashes cost a bit more ????

What flight controllers and, most importantly, firmware do you guys use?  I fly quadcopters back home in UK using iNav if I want GPS functionality (position-hold, return-to-base, etc.) or Betaflight for line of sight racing.

Personally I think that line of site is easier for learning compared with fpv, especially with the small (5" or so) quads.  Just get a lot of spare blades and practice tail-in to start with.  In fact you can configure Betaflight so that the quad always moves in the direction of your transmitter sticks irrespective of which way it's facing, to make things easier.

Ok, the tank was drained and refilled the other day, so bladder failure sounds possible.  Given the age (believed to be about 7 years), I'm sorely tempted to just go to HomePro and get a replacement.  

Thanks lopburi3.  I should have said it's a Hitachi 250 watt device with a pressure tank, so it should be cycling on/off much less frequently than it is.  Once a second with only one kitchen sink tap running is definitely not right, and it's the on/off which is the nuisance rather than the actual motor noise, though that's a bit louder than I remember from my last visit this time last year.

The complaining neighbour is another sister-in-law, and she's just as mechanically ignorant as our house!

I am visiting my Thai in-laws in Sukhumvit 85, and they have a very noisy water pump which cycles on and off about once a second whenever a tap is opened.  My in-laws have no clue about anything mechanical, and have no contact with any plumber that can do anything more than change a washer.  
 

Coming as I do from UK, I have no experience of this kind of pump, so can anyone recommend a competent repairman near Soi 85 please who would come to investigate, repair, and repace (if nessary) with reasonable call-out charge?