Bird deterrence?
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I made my own with material found on Amazon, but here is a link for someone selling it on eBay
SopiGuard Chrome Silver Vinyl Skin Wrap Battery Controller for DJI Mavic Pro | eBay
As above I;m finding Swallows the most "playful" they seem to love flying along with the Mavic, the Mavic does kind of resemble a swallow! As mentioned above, sport mode & straight up seems to loose em but, they do come right back. If you look around where your flying no doubt there homes are nearby.
I don't believe there is any affect on signal or control, no problem with gets a GPS lock. I thought about this and using the iPhone as my basis of the test. I was able to tell how different metal objects placed next to the iPhone affected the compass, but placing multiple layers of this material next to, under and over did not affect the compass readings.
The one thing I did notice is that when I place the Mavic Remote next to the iPhone it did affect the compass, so I have made it a point to hold the remote with my hand extended out while doing the compass calibration
I've had a small fleet after me yesterday evening, black birds with white spot or stripe on each of their pointed wings, they bugged out quick with the vertical climb but soon came back with horizontal movement. Seemed mostly curious I didn't feel threatened enough to land.
Maybe a predatory bird decal would deter them?
I like those,, where did you get them?
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I don't have these, just saw them and thought of this thread
Swallows also swarmed my Mavic recently. I saw a flash accross my IPad screen so looked out to the Mavic and the suckers were on all sides of me. It looked like a ball of birds with the Mavic in the middle I thought a crash as coming it looked real bad. I went into sport mode and petal to the metal leaving them behind. That was a scary scary thing to see around your $1000 drone.
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No, they actually don't "have pretty poor vision". Most all birds can see amazingly well. (You try spotting a vole from 300 ft high while flying.)Birds have pretty poor vision believe it or not, they even crash into tall buildings because the reflection of the clouds on the windows makes it look like clear skies ahead. I'm wondering if they never bothered the phantoms because their white color closely resembles the sky compared to the much darker Mavic. Who knows though, the only bird I know about has 4 propellors.
Crashing into a glass window that is reflecting a sky is NOT an example of poor vision. It's another problem entirely.
Correct. They crash into windows due to reflections making it look like there is clear sky ahead
Unfortunately, there isn't a single reason that bird hits happen. Some are predatory. A raptor of some species simply wants to eat your Mavic, because it thought it was another bird. Other times, it is a territorial attack. You simply got to close to the other bird or flew into territory it claimed. Other times, it is a defensive attack. You got too close to its nest. Other times it's purely an accidental collision. They turned left when you turned right, or whatever, but you both ended up in the same airspace at the same time unfortunately for you both.
Because there are so many reasons for it to happen, there will never be a deterrence that will work effectively all the time. You fly with the birds, you take your chances.
Me...I have a fluorescent lime-green skin from Decal Girl, with strips of holographic reflective tape added on it, and I cross my fingers and keep my eyes open. At least it doesn't look like a natural food source to a hawk or eagle, and it doesn't look like anything they would normally try to chase away. I have no false illusions though that anything I do will stop anything. I'm simply trying.
Because there are so many reasons for it to happen, there will never be a deterrence that will work effectively all the time. You fly with the birds, you take your chances.
Me...I have a fluorescent lime-green skin from Decal Girl, with strips of holographic reflective tape added on it, and I cross my fingers and keep my eyes open. At least it doesn't look like a natural food source to a hawk or eagle, and it doesn't look like anything they would normally try to chase away. I have no false illusions though that anything I do will stop anything. I'm simply trying.
I've seen skins that actually look like feathers. I thought to myself "Brilliant! Make our Mavic look more like an eagle's lunch! No thanks!"
As to the recommendations of "eye spots" it might just work for smaller birds. Looking like a bigger raptor might scare them away. But, on the other hand, it might just as effectively TRIGGER an attack by a hawk or eagle who gets territorial about the newcomer in his neighborhood!
As to the recommendations of "eye spots" it might just work for smaller birds. Looking like a bigger raptor might scare them away. But, on the other hand, it might just as effectively TRIGGER an attack by a hawk or eagle who gets territorial about the newcomer in his neighborhood!
It's funny but never had an issue with birds when flying my white Phantom, Mavic Air, or Spark. But my Mavic Pro and my Parrot Anafi, (both dark colors) seem to attract them.
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