When I showed up to fly the mission I thought... man, there's a lot of trees here, this is going to be tough.
As the headline says, for a split second I lost VLOS trying to get over some trees to frame a shot, and my brain engaged with a 'I should push the left stick up' but it was too late! (I was flying sideways framing a shot).
She was firmly wedged about 55 feet up and going nowhere. Late in the day, no one with a bucket truck answering their phones. The next day called a tree trimming co. the town over and I threw a hale Mary. She was plucked from the branches - not a scratch on her. The props did need to be replaced and I flew 2 missions with zero warnings or issues. I feel like the luckiest person right now, and man was I stressed out for about 17 hours.
The next time I show up and my instincts tell me not to fly, that it's too dangerous, I'm going to listen to myself.
As the headline says, for a split second I lost VLOS trying to get over some trees to frame a shot, and my brain engaged with a 'I should push the left stick up' but it was too late! (I was flying sideways framing a shot).
She was firmly wedged about 55 feet up and going nowhere. Late in the day, no one with a bucket truck answering their phones. The next day called a tree trimming co. the town over and I threw a hale Mary. She was plucked from the branches - not a scratch on her. The props did need to be replaced and I flew 2 missions with zero warnings or issues. I feel like the luckiest person right now, and man was I stressed out for about 17 hours.
The next time I show up and my instincts tell me not to fly, that it's too dangerous, I'm going to listen to myself.
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