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I hit a power line with my Air 3S!

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Flying my Air 3S trying to get a rotation shot of a multi storey car park that's under construction. I could see the cables and I thought I'd cleared them, but didn't realise that the were running diagonally, so when I started my move to the right, I could see I was in amongst the cables, so I panicked tried to go up, and hit one of them.
Only damage was a crack in one prop... lesson learned, avoid power cables 🤦
One lucky pilot, neat video so glad it survived.
 
In the UK - maintenance teams working on or near live HT power lines are trained not to approach any closer than 27'... in the right(?) conditions: that's how far the current can arc from one of the load bearing cables. You also find that in certain weather conditions there can occur plasma discharge (St. Elmo's fire) around the insulators, something that plays Hob with RF signals.
As a kid, one of my friends was flying a long-tailed mylar dragon kite and… well, you know what happened. The police came and said it even affected their station power a couple miles away! The arc buzzing sound was really loud, and the spark and light show was incredible. I don’t think any of the tennis players in the court next to the power line were burnt by the kite ember shower. The power company had to use a really tall bucket truck to repair the lines. They never contacted my friend’s parents for reimbursement for the line damage, but I heard they will do that these days.
 
Did any of the OA sensors detect them?

So one of the props got damaged but you were able to control and land it?
 

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