Mini 4 Pro Gutted.

[Max Headroom]

900 Euro - 2 second flight -

I wonder if they will replace it and try again

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[mavic3usa]

I kinda don't feel sorry but until now, hand-launch has not been an approved method......

 

[MA2 317]

Maybe a rescue jacket from Phantomrain.org would have helped & pick it up on the way back.

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[Max Headroom]

He should probably try an RC Boat next time.

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

Practise hand launching whilst moving on dry land first and probably use a manual launch where you ringers are on at least the throttle. Though I don't know if that wou;s have helped, did the motors keep running with the drone inverted.
I assume this wasn't your drone.

 

[Max Headroom]

It wasn't my drone I haven't had the bottle to go near trees yet hand launch while moving is a long way off.

 

[Webheadfred]

I’m sure there are times that hand launching is your only choice, but why wouldn’t they simply take-off from the deck and at least see the drones’ reaction before this possibly happens. Oh well.

 

[GFields]

Expensive lesson learned (well hope it was learned anyway)

 

[Max Headroom]

Expensive lesson learned (well hope it was learned anyway)

Yes, fly from the Bow not Stern

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

Yes, fly from the Bow not Stern

Wrong, the drone will want to stay stationary relative to the earth which means the boat will move under it. The stern is the safest place.

 

[Max Headroom]

Wrong, the drone will want to stay stationary relative to the earth which means the boat will move under it. The stern is the safest place.

You did notice the didn't you.

 

[MS Coast]

Regarding the video the OP shared, what was the cause of the crash? How could it have been prevented?

It appears that the drone inverted immediately after takeoff. Has anyone viewed in slow motion? Is that correct? What caused that? Judging by the flag and the motion of the hair on the folks nearby, there was not a great deal of wind.

 

[Rchawks]

Not flying on a moving boat. Not launching at the back of the boat. Making sure you fly with forward stick, Not fly on a moving boat with such an underpowered drone. But hey there was 147,000 views, it probably paid for itself.

 

[tstr14]

Regarding the video the OP shared, what was the cause of the crash? How could it have been prevented?

It appears that the drone inverted immediately after takeoff. Has anyone viewed in slow motion? Is that correct? What caused that? Judging by the flag and the motion of the hair on the folks nearby, there was not a great deal of wind.

Perhaps it was a combination of things.

Consider the speed of the ship. If it was traveling at 20 mph, then the moment the drone left the guy's hand, it was experiencing a 20 mph wind, which is substantial for a small drone. And if the ship was heading into the wind, whatever that wind speed was would be added. Factor in they appear to be in the rear of the ship and there is usually a fairly strong down draft created by the ship's forward movement.

The drone itself looked on the small side and it wasn't (as far as I could tell) being powered up to take off, the guy basically just held it in the air and let go.

So unless someone was applying enough power to the drone to fly forward against the wind (assuming it actually had that kind of power), it would be pretty much doomed as soon as it left the guy's hand, being over powered by the wind.

 

[GFields]

Regarding the video the OP shared, what was the cause of the crash? How could it have been prevented?

It appears that the drone inverted immediately after takeoff. Has anyone viewed in slow motion? Is that correct? What caused that? Judging by the flag and the motion of the hair on the folks nearby, there was not a great deal of wind.

I don't think the PIC had even started the props before his buddy let go of the done and it just flipped overboard. I cannot see any prop movement at all. I slowed it down to 50% and it does look like the props were not spinning and the guy holding it just let it go.

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

You did notice the didn't you.

Yes I did but what it meant is open to interpretation, someone might have taken your post to be advice.

I suspect the pilot would have had problems 'landing' the drone even if it had survived the take off, they would presumably have had to hand catch and that would be with the drone flying forwards to keep up with the boat.

It appears that the drone inverted immediately after takeoff. Has anyone viewed in slow motion? Is that correct? What caused that? Judging by the flag and the motion of the hair on the folks nearby, there was not a great deal of wind.

I too think it flipped.

 

[Max Headroom]

Yes I did but what it meant is open to interpretation, someone might have taken your post to be advice.

Really, You mean all those new pilots that are going on a cruise and may stumble on this thread and blindly take flying advice from a new member to fly from the front not the back of the ship without seeking further advice.

 

[Max Headroom]

Not pointless if it a) discourages you from doing it again and

Well don't hold your breath the mods didn't remove it therefore i assume no one reported it as being dangerous advice and everyone apart from you took it the way it was meant as a joke.


As i pointed out earlier -

I assume the rest of us considered our little spat in the thread many gallons of water under the bridge many months ago so it was a bit pointless

The thread was dead and buried 8 moths ago and instead of leaving it that way or reporting it to the mods silently for removal (if they deemed it against the forum rules) you decided to reply to it which brought it back into view at the top of the forum leading to more new members possibly (if as gullible as you) taking it as bad advice and not the joke it was intended to be, you really couldn't maker it up!

At the moment I have nothing of interest to add to the forum

Fortunately i have something of interest please read on -
I checked Yorkshire_Puds profile and his last posted on November 25, 2024 which was the time this thread was originally posted i find it strange you suddenly turn up 8 months later and have gone on your little crusade in this thread only, its very strange conduct by a new forum member and to be honest i smell a big fat rat are you in fact Yorkshire_Pud using a sock puppet account?

You say you live in the EU why so vague are you trying to put us off the scent by not saying U.K

 

[wizer]

Well don't hold your breath the mods didn't remove it therefore i assume no one reported it as being dangerous advice and everyone apart from you took it the way it was meant as a joke.


As i pointed out earlier -

The thread was dead and buried 8 moths ago and instead of leaving it that way or reporting it to the mods silently for removal (if they deemed it against the forum rules) you decided to reply to it which brought it back into view at the top of the forum leading to more new members possibly taking it as bad advice and not the joke it was intended to be, you really couldn't maker it up!


Fortunately i have something of interest please read on -
I checked Yorkshire_Puds profile and his last posted on November 25, 2024 which was the time this thread was originally posted i find it strange you suddenly turn up 8 months later and have gone on your little crusade in this thread only its very strange conduct by a new forum member and to be honest i smell a big fat rat are you in fact Yorkshire_Pud using a sock puppet account?

You say you live in the EU why so vague are you trying to put us off the scent by not saying U.K

I didn't try to put anyone off my scent I have no clue what you're talking about other than you're wrong about

1- my intentions
2- the fact that even old threads are viewed by people looking for information even if they don't post to it
3- I was not the only one that thought you were serious when you posted about launching a drone from the bow of a moving vessel which is an easy way to lose an expensive drone and is not something to joke about.
4- Me being a sockpocket of an existing account

What's it like to be wrong all the time?

 

[Max Headroom]

I was not the only one that thought you were serious when you posted about launching a drone from the bow of a moving vessel which is an easy way to lose an expensive drone and is not something to joke about.

So as i asked -
If you were so concerned other members may have taken it as advice and not obvious joke it was why didn't you report it to the admin/mods for removal rather than bring it back to the top of the forum and risk another gullible person taking it as sound advice and not the obvious joke it was as you did?

What's it like to be wrong all the time?

Feel free to tell me you appear to be an expert at it