Drone Rescue by a Pro

[Chaosrider]

Here's the video of my Tree Pro rescuing my drone Defiant yesterday. Look at how precise he is in his movements. He did no damage to the drone at all.

And for context, this drone fell through 75 ft of pine tree, froze overnight in 23º F weather, was rescued as shown here, and then flew later that day with no repair work of any kind.

If it hadn't happened, I'd say it was impossible.

21-11-24 Drone Rescue by a Pro.mp4

drive.google.com

Amazing!



TCS

 

[MAVE (Little bird)]

Here's the video of my Tree Pro rescuing my drone Defiant yesterday. Look at how precise he is in his movements. He did no damage to the drone at all.

And for context, this drone fell through 75 ft of pine tree, froze overnight in 23º F weather, was rescued as shown here, and then flew later that day with no repair work of any kind.

If it hadn't happened, I'd say it was impossible.

21-11-24 Drone Rescue by a Pro.mp4

drive.google.com

Amazing!



TCS

Awesome, glad everyone survived.

 

[SethB]

Those tree service climbers are so impressive in their skills and stamina.

 

[old man mavic]

great save,he certainly knew the ropes (pun intended)

 

[Phantomrain.org]

That spin at the end was , the surprise victory dance. Awesome.
I think it should be mandatory that all drone pilots have tree climbing skills with a rope Sign me up.

Phantomrain.org
Gear to fly in the Rain, Capture the storm.

 

[MAVE (Little bird)]

great save,he certainly knew the ropes (pun intended)

old man mavic. you a funny guy.

 

[old man mavic]

@MAVE (Little bird) thanks i try to inject some humour on the forum
my one liners have amused many members over my time here
and of course i have my avatar's reputation to live up to

 

[falicityman_7]

Here's the video of my Tree Pro rescuing my drone Defiant yesterday. Look at how precise he is in his movements. He did no damage to the drone at all.

And for context, this drone fell through 75 ft of pine tree, froze overnight in 23º F weather, was rescued as shown here, and then flew later that day with no repair work of any kind.

If it hadn't happened, I'd say it was impossible.

21-11-24 Drone Rescue by a Pro.mp4

drive.google.com

Amazing!



TCS

The lesson here stay away from 75 ft. Pine Trees

 

[Chaosrider]

That spin at the end was , the surprise victory dance. Awesome.
I think it should be mandatory that all drone pilots have tree climbing skills with a rope Sign me up.

Phantomrain.org
Gear to fly in the Rain, Capture the storm.

Or alternatively, just like a Visual Observer, you can get someone else to do it...

;-)

This guy really was amazing. I had never seen anything like that in real life before.

TCS

 

[Chaosrider]

The lesson here stay away from 75 ft. Pine Trees

Actually, it was 95 ft tall. I had guessed 80 ft, but when I asked John, he said "right about 100 ft".

Once Defiant was back in the air a little later, I went to the top to go see...and sure enough, 95 ft on the display.

I say "fell through 75 ft" because the fall started at the top, and ended about 20 ft above the ground.

There's a 120 footer off my back deck, which will be in a future flight plan!



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[GFields]

Awesome! Glad it was recovered.

 

[Dale D]

That spin at the end was , the surprise victory dance. Awesome.
I think it should be mandatory that all drone pilots have tree climbing skills with a rope Sign me up.

Phantomrain.org
Gear to fly in the Rain, Capture the storm.

You go first!!!
That was un-$%#@*&%- ing believable.

 

[Lob's Falcon]

Great save! Thank you for sharing this. I have used my drone to rescue some r/c planes from styrofoam hungry trees but nothing as spectacular as this....

 

[hiflyer201]

Great video...that guy not only did it but he made it look like fun

 

[Robert Prior]

There's a 120 footer off my back deck, which will be in a future flight plan!

Just as long as it's not in a future flight path….

 

[Capt KO]

Congratulations

 

[NG Wildman]

Cool video. Always a treat to watch a professional showcase his craft.

 

[eznoh]

Just out of curiosity, how much did it cost you?

 

[NG Wildman]

I'm also curious about the cost.
As an add on: I almost always have at least my Mini2 on me and I travel with an old Softball Glove. It sounds funny and I try and stay away from my arbor friends, however, I have actually saved a few other peoples drones when we shook them out of trees and when I was on the boat I caught one that refused to land for a friend. I have a fish net to land fish, but it wasn't handy at the time.

 

[LA 2020]

Here's the video of my Tree Pro rescuing my drone Defiant yesterday. Look at how precise he is in his movements. He did no damage to the drone at all.

And for context, this drone fell through 75 ft of pine tree, froze overnight in 23º F weather, was rescued as shown here, and then flew later that day with no repair work of any kind.

If it hadn't happened, I'd say it was impossible.

21-11-24 Drone Rescue by a Pro.mp4

drive.google.com

Amazing!



TCS

You should send this video to DJI to use as a commercial