Rip drone

My drone got spotted by some kids, and they saw that I was piloting it. I wound up getting surrounded and was getting distracted, and needed to relocate my operation.

What do you mean Rip Drone?

That was a successful example and use of a hand-catch.

It looked like it hit something.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

When it went sideways, that was the motors successfully stopping. After that, it just got whisked away, and I was able to move.

Normally, if I'm doing a ground landing, I have to secure a place. I don't like to land within 3 feet of non-participating (not privy to the operation at hand) people, trees, or slanted ground. Or water.

So, if I'm bringing my Karma down, for instance, I'll find my landing zone, and start walking around the center of it in a wide circle.

If I'm bringing my Mavic down, I'll try the same (albeit with concrete preferred over grass because the landing rudders on the Mavic is virtually nonexistant)

But the process of landing takes about 20 seconds that way.

at least.

The hand catch lets me ignore my other landing protocol. Grasp it from beneath (avoiding the proximity sensors), kill the motors, bug the hell out. 5 seconds is all it takes to kill the motors.

But yeah, Drones are scary, and should generally be treated with the same regard as a weapon when it comes to personal responsibility.

Otherwise, this sort of shit happens.

Shark drone.

Sheet

My potato probably can’t do that ya?

Can it fly?

As far as I can tell yes.

I’ll just assume that if I get too close in the wrong way it can do a significant amount of damage.

This is apparently a wound that came from a mini drone.

Those are generally about the size of a cell phone.

And a little bit lighter.

Bad times.

This one MIGHT have actually been a slightly larger mini

But the wound that I linked above?

That wound was caused by the Karma.

Karma flys with relatively dull blades.

Karma is bigger than the potato I think.

I'll fill you in on one more thing, then.

As a drone pilot, in the event an injury occurs, the FAA gets involved.

The FAA recognizes 5 things they refer to as 'Hazardous Attitudes'

Antiauthority, Impulsivity, Invulnerability, Macho, and Resignation.

If you ever try to become, say, a professional drone pilot, you're required to be familiar with these attitudes and the hazards they present.

(Or if you try to become a full pilot)

Is the FAA a worldwide thing or just US? If it’s just US it’s not relevant for me.

Oh, I thought you were in the states. You talked about a visit to Alaska.

Canadian?

No my parents were on vacation in Alaska. They got back home today.