Mavic Air survived a tree crash

[ss304]

I have had my mavic air for 2 years now and probably have about 200 flights on it. I got a bit careless and managed to fly it into a limb on a tree which pulled the drone further into the tree and it got stuck about 40 feet up. I managed to tape two 24ft telescoping poles together and was able to push the drone out of the tree. It fell and hit the ground and other than a bent propeller there is nothing loose or broken on the drone! I was able to swap the propellers and battery out and fly it immediately without issue. I was considering selling this to upgrade to the MA2 but if I do upgrade I won't ever sell this drone. It is a tank!

 

[NOLADG]

I had a similar experience with my Mavic Air. I flew into the top of a tree (also about 40' tall) in sport mode and the drone was knocked out of the sky and tumbled to the ground. I replaced the prop and continued to fly. However this convinced me to upgrade my tablet as the one I was using at the time was slow and had too much lag.

 

[Mike Shock]

I also had a crash last autumn because of the tree branches in the wind. My Air fell down and broke back right motor arm. I had to buy the arm and replace it. Now my birdy flies as good as before!
I'm lucky that the electronics and camera were not broken!