Mini 4 a bit of a scare

mavic53 · Saturday at 6:51 AM

I was trying to get a shot of a river weir. Only at the last minute when down low did I see these wires! A lucky escape.

GFields · Saturday at 12:43 PM

Good save

Blairsville · Saturday at 3:44 PM

You should also use more caution when flying along a dam as most are generating electricity.

mavic53 · Saturday at 4:22 PM

Never thought of that

AeroJ · Saturday at 4:48 PM

Oh it's all good XP hey ?

And next time you'll be more on the lookout for the hidden hazards in advance !
That whole area looks fraught with danger for flying UAVs - hazards in most directions !

Geofff · Saturday at 9:53 PM

mavic53 said:
I was trying to get a shot of a river weir. Only at the last minute when down low did I see these wires! A lucky escape.

Those wires don't seem to have a purpose except to catch drones

MAVE (Little bird) · Saturday at 10:09 PM

mavic53 said:
I was trying to get a shot of a river weir. Only at the last minute when down low did I see these wires! A lucky escape.

Your one extremely lucky pilot.

Pacefast · Sunday at 8:28 AM

I have done a lot of weir flying at various locations on the Thames
Always check before visually for wires especially if you fly through these structures !
I like to fly close to water with O/C off ! As a warning the splash from these weirs is not contant
Go towards the end of my video and you will see how the water rises and falls ! Get too close and you might see your drone floating down the river !
wires are strung across rivers so watch out

Pacefast · Sunday at 8:37 AM

In this one I only just missed these wires early on in the video and saw them last second realising I was just going to clear so another tip unless you fly an SSA ( sector safe altitude ) do not use automatics you will not have the split second avoiding ability you do flying procedures manually ! Yes have O/A on other than close to water but automatics off