It can be done. Proof in the photos below, from a video (that I can’t locate unfortunately) by Conor Fernandez from Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
Nearly there…
Source: DailyMail
Knocking down drones with footballs
Tag Archives: crash
Pilot looses control of big multirotor during a video shooting session in Treviso, Italy
During a planned video session aimed at capturing the “Duomo di Treviso”, the big multirotor starts to drift slowly in a random direction. The pilot, apparently unable to control it through the radio link anymore, likely for a radio interference, first tries to control it manually, but then the situation gets out of control.
Here you go with the video:
Damages to the drone are estimated at 10.000 euros, while damages to the bar external premises are in the order of 4000 euros.
Sources: YouReporter, Corriere
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Tales of quadcopters and water – A nice article by Eric Cheng on Make Magazine
Make Magazine has published a nice, entertaining and generous article by Eric Cheng on quadcopters flown over water.
Crashes and fly aways are of course part of the story, therefore maybe when doing footage on water environments it could be worth considering a specialized solution such as a a Quad H2O?
Continue reading Tales of quadcopters and water – A nice article by Eric Cheng on Make Magazine
Multirotor crash on crowd during inauguration of Arena Castelão in Fortaleza, Brazil
Another personal drone crash on crowd, this time in the Arena Castelão stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil. The operator obviously lost control.
Apparently nobody was seriously hurt. The multirotor looks like a DJI Evo S800 with gimbal and camera, an heavy setup with an excellent impact potential.
Personal Drones crashing on populated areas, a case in NYC
Here’s another pilot that brings a bad reputation to quadcopters and personal drones. This guy thought he could land his DJI Phantom from his little balcony and very fly over Manhattan NYC at high altitude, what a great idea. Amazing and unique footage, however it’s just for chance that nobody got seriously injured. The FAA says it does not allow the flight of UAV over densely populated areas.
Interesting to note that the phantom looks very resistant to the impact on buildings, seems to hit several times and still fly afterwords. Also, it looks like the pilot is somehow controlling the flight, however he was not wearing goggles, so was this a line of sight flight?
The story:
Here’s the full video, however it looks like the crash moment is missing.
Drone crashes into crowd at Great Bull Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQEAfVIJpHY
Horrible multirotor crash in the middle of the crowd. It seems like the drone first gets short of power (end of the battery?) and then goes entirely out of control, maybe for a late (too late) attempt to get it out of the area. Some people should know better, this gives a bad reputation to our hobby