Wind Turbines

[AntDX316]

Can we please keep this simple? Will the drone get sucked into the vortex like a helicopter that is on top of another helicopter, both of which are in the air and they crash into each other.

 

[ZooCougar]

There is a vortex around the blades. Similar to a sideways tornado, Flying through the blades will cause the drone to lose control do to the fact that the wind current within the vortex is faster than the top speed of the drone and will over power the drone and the GPS. We did this at a promotion for a wind farm in Palm Springs CA, we ended to stop the drone 10 feet out from the blades and not go through the blades, we were unable to stop the drone, it was sucked right into the blades. Bye Bye Phantom Pro 4 Plus. it pretty much cut the drone in half.

I don’t do this anymore because a friend told me that the turbines have a bunch of magnets in them. Even if that is bogus I’m fine having checked that box.

I have since taken up FPV drones and I get my thrills with that. Although I won’t be flying through Turbines.

But when I flew through the blades weren’t moving that fast. I parked almost right behind the base of the blade, turned off obstacle avoidance and blasted right through on sport mode 4-5 times.

Sometimes I park 40-50 feet above the top of the blades and it makes a cool video. Never noticed any Instability there.

 

[ZooCougar]

Can we please keep this simple? Will the drone get sucked into the vortex like a helicopter that is on top of another helicopter, both of which are in the air and they crash into each other.

Not in my experience.

Ken Heron has a pretty good Turbine video where he sends a P4Pro through.

 

[AntDX316]

Not in my experience.

Ken Heron has a pretty good Turbine video where he sends a P4Pro through.

So there is no turbulence rip current sinkhole vortex going on?

 

[ZooCougar]

So there is no turbulence rip current sinkhole vortex going on?

If there is then I never got close enough to experience it. Or I am just lucky after 20-30 flights around them.

 

[AntDX316]

If there is then I never got close enough to experience it. Or I am just lucky after 20-30 flights around them.

Why even film a wind turbine for anyway?

 

[ZooCougar]

Why even film a wind turbine for anyway?

They look cool from different perspective that a drone can provide. And this is Missouri. There literally is nothing interesting in the landscape lol.

 

[Phantomrain.org]

I know folks have posted pics and vids here of them...but has anyone taken a shot at flying through one (one that is spinning)?

You can achieve that effect really easy with the Mavic Zoom by flying close to it , and it will look good and scary which is most likely what your going for.

Let the camera do the work.

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[AntDX316]

They look cool from different perspective that a drone can provide. And this is Missouri. There literally is nothing interesting in the landscape lol.

lol

 

[Colberado]

Why even film a wind turbine for anyway?

It’s actually pretty flipping awesome, you’d be pleasantly surprised. Especially with beautiful backgrounds.

 

[ZooCougar]

 

[marcomcarneiro]

I remember I saw this, and was lucky to find it again:

 

[Colberado]

I remember I saw this, and was lucky to find it again:

Ha that’s insane!

 

[Mr. Salty]

And this is Missouri. There literally is nothing interesting in the landscape lol.

You should take a weekend trip down to southern Missouri, around Mark Twain National Forest.

 

[DJ Wes]

You can achieve that effect really easy with the Mavic Zoom by flying close to it , and it will look good and scary which is most likely what your going for.

Let the camera do the work.

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While I didn't fly through it, I did use the zoom to create an interesting effect in this movie:

Dutch Windmills, Netherlands

On a recent trip to the Netherlands I had the opportunity to capture footage of a few Dutch windmills. I used the footage to create this “Pop-Up” movie with small factoids of the windmills I visited. I hope you enjoy it. I used the following tools in the creation of this movie: • Dutch...

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[AntDX316]

This guy crashed his Spark trying to go to the Wind Turbine.

Flying near wind turbines - NOT RECOMMENDED

If anyone was wondering (because I certainly was) if a wind turbine will interfere with drone performance, I can confirm that it does, and it did today. I did this against my better judgement, and as you can see after about 400 yards of flight the Spark simply dropped into the field. There...

forum.dji.com

 

[ZooCougar]

This guy crashed his Spark trying to go to the Wind Turbine.

Flying near wind turbines - NOT RECOMMENDED

If anyone was wondering (because I certainly was) if a wind turbine will interfere with drone performance, I can confirm that it does, and it did today. I did this against my better judgement, and as you can see after about 400 yards of flight the Spark simply dropped into the field. There...

forum.dji.com

I don’t see how the failure in that video can be attributed to the turbine.