Recent content by stuartjonathangray

Hi drones I have completed a boat flight (on a deep sea fishing boat) It is not easy. We had reasonable calmness a small chop a breeze currents and a 2.5 meter swell. The other thing is boats are not designed for drones with fishing rods and riggers. Taking off was a little challenge and...

YBK is a Yellow Billed Kite

YBK is a Yellow Billed Kite

Hi guys Watch out for YBK's and Egyptian Geese. The geese are like fast rugby props and are persistent in driving off the drone. They really move quickly and come in pretty straight with momentum. They swoop from slightly below and up and use their body as like a ram and try to peck the...

Greeting chaps Word of caution watch the SA birds (feathered variety) they are pretty aggressive re Mavic ( well maybe non feathered could also be depending). Mavic can take a hit or 2 and are pretty tough. Had two separate incidents. First with kite and had to run like crazy (eventually put...

Hi Sky Captain Birds seen to be a problem is Africa as well. My Mavice has been attacked by a Kite and Egyptian Geese. The Mavic is pretty tough. I was assisting with a search operation for perps in the outdoors and two Egyptian Geese attacked the drone. The attack tactic was to fly almost...

I had an incident of a large kite have a go while the drone was in auto land mode at about 40 meters.I had to evade 3 times or so and eventuall devided to dive into some trees to get away it is cheaper to replace props than drones