Drone 0 Volcano 1

Outrunner · Jun 1, 2021

YouTuber Joey Helms wanted a close up view of the spectacle, but the flight didn't go quite to plan. Drone crashes into erupting Icelandic volcano

MAvic_South_Oz · Jun 1, 2021

Posted in another thread, great footage, and easy to see why news services are picking up on it now.
I personally think it was done on purpose.

maggior · Jun 2, 2021

MAvic_South_Oz said:
Posted in another thread, great footage, and easy to see why news services are picking up on it now.
I personally think it was done on purpose.

I thought the same. I could see somebody thinking it was worth sacrificing a drone for that footage. How else could you get that close up of a view of the mouth of a volcano!

JCBoston617 · Jun 2, 2021

That does look like it was done on purpose there was no attempt to pull up at the last minute or anything just straight into it. The exposure has most likely covered the cost of the drone

GFields · Jun 2, 2021

Thanks for sharing!

011111110 · Jun 2, 2021

JCBoston617 said:
That does look like it was done on purpose there was no attempt to pull up at the last minute or anything just straight into it. The exposure has most likely covered the cost of the drone

That, or the heat killed it, causing loss of control. 2000° F will likely melt some important parts if you get too close.

Either way, cool footage.

Maviac · Jun 2, 2021

011111110 said:
That, or the heat killed it, causing loss of control. 2000° F will likely melt some important parts if you get too close.

Either way, cool footage.

Of course it was on purpose. You have to be very naive to think it was an accident. Still, cool video. If I were there, and had money to literally burn, I’d have probably done the same.

MAvic_South_Oz · Jun 2, 2021

011111110 said:
That, or the heat killed it, causing loss of control. 2000° F will likely melt some important parts if you get too close.

Either way, cool footage.

I thought that too as a possibility, the FPV might be more prone to temp extremes like that.
There have been other DJI drones flown closely above the lava flow, even the caldera action, they've melted body panels, damaged sensors to the point they don't work any longer, but they've kept flying ok.