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Thought I'd share a good recovery story ...
Doing a photoshoot lakeside with a couple of paddleboarders I thought I had properly scoped out the tallest tree in the area. 15 minutes later the one pine tree that was about 25 feet taller than all the rest gobbled up up my Mavic Pro.
The challenge became how to retrieve a drone from 75 feet up in a tree. Long story short and 2 weeks later, after getting closer to hiring a tree climber, I got the "did you lose a drone?" call.
As I drove the 30 minutes from my home I thought of the numerous rainstorms, 95 degrees of baking sunshine, and the 75-foot fall it took to the ground, and figured well at least I'll have closure, the 200mb card, and my trashed drone back. Long story short again ... the drone not only survived the fall but it survived the rain and baking sun as well. Not even a prop needed to be replaced. I figured there's no way this thing is going to fly right ... but it did, and has, 20+ times since!
And that, is my unreal lost drone story
Doing a photoshoot lakeside with a couple of paddleboarders I thought I had properly scoped out the tallest tree in the area. 15 minutes later the one pine tree that was about 25 feet taller than all the rest gobbled up up my Mavic Pro.
The challenge became how to retrieve a drone from 75 feet up in a tree. Long story short and 2 weeks later, after getting closer to hiring a tree climber, I got the "did you lose a drone?" call.
As I drove the 30 minutes from my home I thought of the numerous rainstorms, 95 degrees of baking sunshine, and the 75-foot fall it took to the ground, and figured well at least I'll have closure, the 200mb card, and my trashed drone back. Long story short again ... the drone not only survived the fall but it survived the rain and baking sun as well. Not even a prop needed to be replaced. I figured there's no way this thing is going to fly right ... but it did, and has, 20+ times since!
And that, is my unreal lost drone story
