Went out to a local parkland today to practice a couple of things, one being timelapse, and out of the blue (literally) I bird dived onto my M2P. I immediately paused it and cancelled the timelapse and reduced altitude hoping to bring it home with both drone and bird unscathed. No sooner that I started to bring the drone back the bird struck again. This happened 3 times and the third time i heard what I'm sure was the props brushing the bird. i stopped the drone and the bird flew into a nearby tree. But when I began moving again it attacked once more. Persistent little bugger if nothing else. I have no idea what variety of bird it was but it's spring here so I assume it is nesting nearby. Is this a common occurrence? I wondered about it from the day I got it and now my wondering wan answered. I'd hate to have injured the thing when all it was trying to do (I think) was protect it's nest.
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next time climb, birds of prey see diving birds as weak.
You must have been near a nest.
You must have been near a nest.
AeroJ
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Yes some birds get very defensive around nest sites in the season, but the greater worry is raptors, who can take your craft down in a single strike and for no more reason than that you were in its territory. Agree with above - hard rise and pull back towards you in a demonstration of power. Also skinning the craft red or orange can deter them, or at least that applies to British birds; not sure about those in Australia...
Yes, for two reasons:
1: Birds don't generally expect prey to climb, it shows dominance and can force them to back off.
2: A drone in sport mode will generally out climb any raptor or angry magpie if they continue to hunt the drone.
You can alternate climbing / diving while making your way home for a final dive to landing to usually escape most crazed avians
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Cut holes in an ice-cream container for the legs and mount that on top of the drone (complete with eyeballs on the back).
If it works for cyclists, should work for a drone, right?
If it works for cyclists, should work for a drone, right?
Cut holes in an ice-cream container for the legs and mount that on top of the drone (complete with eyeballs on the back).
If it works for cyclists, should work for a drone, right?
Hmmmm!
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This is one reason I do not have my sUAV limited to 400' ( in the US that is a soft limit) because you are LEGALLY allowed to exceed the 400' in order to avoid a collision or otherwise keep the aircraft safe. I don't advocate high flights... too many things can go wrong such as someone like me approaching at 130 Knts in a Cessna 172, but if you were at 300' and a bird came at your sUAV, you do want the option of climbing without a forced stop in mid climb.
I was flying this afternoon and my drone was attacked by a magpie too. From what I could see, they attack from above, swopping above the drone. If you timed your ascend incorrectly, you might actually collide with the bird. I don't think the bird that attacked my drone touched it, but it snaps its beak when it's really close to it.
It seemed to ignore my drone when I was flying 2m above the ground. Only when it's over 20m then start it starts to attack.
Crossing that spot from my list of place to fly I guess.
It seemed to ignore my drone when I was flying 2m above the ground. Only when it's over 20m then start it starts to attack.
Crossing that spot from my list of place to fly I guess.
I think the poor bird had a nest there and she must have laid eggs. She must consider this new flying thing as a threat and she must be protecting her territory.
The other day I was flying around my house and a bird attacked me two times, I too believe there was a nest nearby, my instinct (since I was only 15 feet off the street) was to throttle down fast... I didn't know climbing was a better option
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I like the fact you took immediate action to avoid endangerment to the wildlife. Kudos to you. I too have had Falcons do a death circle and thus I immediately landed and said (to the falcon) have a nice day!
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