Mavic Air collision with Kite lines

[elich11]

Tried to follow a friend that used HydroFoil, other kite (that was not supposed to fly there) collided with the drone.
Amazingly the drone
Recovered after full rotation in mid air.

You can see it in this short vid:

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Eli

 

[Rchawks]

Boy that was close!!!

 

[kidroc]

Lucky Ducky!!!!

 

[KoorbeladDigital]

omg .. a near fatal incident.

So glad it recovered to fly another day.

K.

 

[NOLADG]

The Mavic Air (and drones in general) amaze me how much abuse they can take and keep on flying! Great video. I have considered filming some hydrofoils in my area.

 

[elich11]

The Mavic Air (and drones in general) amaze me how much abuse they can take and keep on flying! Great video. I have considered filming some hydrofoils in my area.

Here is the HydroFoil video I shot:

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[spudpie]

Wow, nice job on the video.

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

other kite (that was not supposed to fly there) collided with the drone

Just wondering why he wasn't supposed to be there ?
Seemed to be a lot out on the water.

Nice final video, it looked like that same kite flier came back for a 2nd go ???
Was the same kite markings.

In fact looking at 2nd shot in main video, he know you were there and tried getting it a couple of times ?

 

[elich11]

Just wondering why he wasn't supposed to be there ?
Seemed to be a lot out on the water.

Nice final video, it looked like that same kite flier came back for a 2nd go ???
Was the same kite markings.

In fact looking at 2nd shot in main video, he know you were there and tried getting it a couple of times ?

I'm a kiter too, I talked to the guys before, and told them im shooting there, and to stay clear of my friend kite ( the black kite), there was not so many when we started, around 5, the wind was low.

Regarding the kite that hit, yes it's the same kite you see later, and from the video it seems like he wants to take the drone out, but this is just bad luck, it's very hard to spot the drone while kiting.

Eli

 

[Pstik]

Tried to follow a friend that used HydroFoil, other kite (that was not supposed to fly there) collided with the drone.
Amazingly the drone
Recovered after full rotation in mid air.

You can see it in this short vid:

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Eli

Good thing it did not fall in water. Is that the ocean. Salt water.

 

[ppporch]

Wow, glad you got it back intact. Close one.

 

[Lets Fly]

Tried to follow a friend that used HydroFoil, other kite (that was not supposed to fly there) collided with the drone.
Amazingly the drone
Recovered after full rotation in mid air.

You can see it in this short vid:

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Eli

Lucky on that one. A simple solution is to just fly a little higher than they can and avoid the problem while getting pretty much the same shots.
I watch these kites by me and they can suddenly turn on a dime and reverse direction. In very windy conditions I have seen them jump
30 feet in the air. They can't see where you are.

 

[elich11]

Lucky on that one. A simple solution is to just fly a little higher than they can and avoid the problem while getting pretty much the same shots.
I watch these kites by me and they can suddenly turn on a dime and reverse direction. In very windy conditions I have seen them jump
30 feet in the air. They can't see where you are.

In this case it was in relatively controlled environment, 5 Kites, low wind, and I wanted to be low to catch the HydroFoil.

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

I wanted to be low to catch the HydroFoil

Mission accomplished !! ?

 

[elich11]

Mission accomplished !! ?

I caught the kite not the HydroFoil...

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

I caught the kite not the HydroFoil...

Ah, wasn't aware of the difference in the sports terminology.
When I first read the thread title, I thought you hit a kids kite line in the local park !! ? ?

 

[Frustrated]

lucky. buy a lottery ticket