I found out, on flying at local parks, that dogs are extremely interested in quadcopters. They spot them from far away, follow them, bark at them. On landing they approach to see what all this fuss is about. Then they will stop at a certain distance, realizing that this is not exactly what they expected to see. They don’t know how to deal with it. At the end of the following video I picked the quad up and put it down again near the PC bag where I carry it. The dogs came very near this time and had a good look at it. They were curious and interested. Maybe they were considering getting one too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0KEo0lejTI
On looking up on youtube, I realized that dog’s interest is a common observation for multirotor pilots. Here’s another well documented interaction:
and more:
and beware, this is a full blown dog attack on a multirotor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLz00N4pK90
Had any experience on quadcopters and dogs? Thanks for sharing below!
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