Vaideeshwar
Well-Known Member
Pay Attention to Visual Line of Sight as birds can and will bring your drone down quickly.
Remember the best way to avoid the bird collision is to ramp straight up.
This is honestly my worst fear while flying. Even if you do everything correctly, you can still get knocked out of the sky by a bird. Although my instinct whenever I see a bird is to fly up, I think it may not always work, especially if it is a bird of prey determined to steal your drone away (I had such an experience recently).
Extremely close encounter with a bird!
I would've almost lost my MA2 yesterday to a bird! It is definitely not the first time I encountered a bird, but definitely the most scariest! I usually fly up to 100m right after takeoff to avoid any birds flying the Dallas area. My protocol when I encounter a bird is to switch the aircraft to...
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