It happened to me too... I CRASHED my mavic!

bucefalo · Jul 14, 2017

I believe none is gonna escape.. sooner or later we all make that mistake that we are going to regret!
This is 100% my fault, pilot mistake.. even though I'm always careful of the place where i'm flying :-(

this is the footage :

i hope it'll be a lesson for other pilots ...

Cyberpower678 · Jul 14, 2017

Sorry, but the moment that drone moved backwards, I knew what was coming.

Glad it survived.

Dan · Jul 14, 2017

kind of like riding a motorcycle, It's not if but when

Maxheadspace · Jul 14, 2017

bucefalo said:
I believe none is gonna escape.. sooner or later we all make that mistake that we are going to regret!
This is 100% my fault, pilot mistake.. even though I'm always careful of the place where i'm flying :-(

this is the footage :

i hope it'll be a lesson for other pilots ...

Made that mistake a couple of times with DIY drones. Will never happen with my Mavic. Flying backwards is fine, even with the Mavic, but your eyes have to be on the drone, not on the screen!

PT_Mavic · Jul 14, 2017

Dan said:
kind of like riding a motorcycle, It's not if but when

200,000+ miles on motorcycles so far, have always managed to keep the rubber side down. Learning to fly before that taught me all about being aware of surroundings at all times, which helped a lot.

Bucefalo is fortunate to have had such great local help - nice to see the Mavic emerged in good shape!

bucefalo · Jul 14, 2017

Cyberpower678 said:
Sorry, but the moment that drone moved backwards, I knew what was coming. Glad it survived.

i don't think i'll have a second chance like this.. so got the lesson and feeling lucky

bucefalo · Jul 14, 2017

Maxheadspace said:
Made that mistake a couple of times with DIY drones. Will never happen with my Mavic. Flying backwards is fine, even with the Mavic, but your eyes have to be on the drone, not on the screen!

yeah.. my eyes were at the guy on the zip line.. stupid me.. i was following him and mavic going backwards to follow the scene.. dumb LOL! But you don't realize it until you get in that situation!

bucefalo · Jul 14, 2017

PT_Mavic said:
200,000+ miles on motorcycles so far, have always managed to keep the rubber side down. Learning to fly before that taught me all about being aware of surroundings at all times, which helped a lot.

Bucefalo is fortunate to have had such great local help - nice to see the Mavic emerged in good shape!

seriously without that man i don't know what i could have done to get it ! i did try myself but i could reach half way.. than that man came.. barefoot ... started to climb it like it was the most natural thing in life !! i thought he would just move the branches , i was there waiting for it to fall on the ground(hopefully i'd lose only one EYE to catch it lol ) but he took it in his hands.. went down that tree with ONE hand .. amazing !!!