News drone attacked by swarm of... drones
CBS12 News Crew Attacked By Bees During Palm Beach Mall Demolition ...:
It all started when CBS12 News operations manager Carl Pugliese launched a drone camera to get an aerial shot of a backhoe taking the old Sears apart. The drone is a large dinner-plate sized device with four helicopter-like rotors and two cameras, all operated by remote control via iPhone or iPad.
About a minute into the flight, you can see the assault begin. First one attacker zips by the camera. Then another. Then the whole swarm.
Pugliese said the drone began having trouble flying, but he wasn't sure why. At the same time, he says a "strange bug" kept pestering him, getting in his hair and buzzing him. Meanwhile, Pugliese was able to maneuver the drone closer so he could see what was wrong with it. Bad move.
Angry bees became a cloud around the drone and also began attacking Pugliese and CBS12 cameraman Chad Ellison, whom Pugliese captured dancing and swatting frantically to avoid being stung. Didn't help. Both of them took several stings. Pugliese himself can be seen toward the end of the drone video, diving into his SUV to avoid the swarm. Unfortunately for him some tagged along inside, and he is seen trying to fling them out. He landed the drone from inside the car.
The drone took several stings as well, with the stingers still embedded in its foam fuselage. The whole thing was covered in what Pugliese termed "bee goo."
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Assistant Admin Comment by Joshua Johnson on January 23, 2013 at 12:12am -
Hahaha Thanks for sharing the story I got some good laughs while reading!
Editor of DroneCafe - The Daily Cup
Joshua Johnson
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Comment by Adrian Eves on January 23, 2013 at 12:37am -
Presumably those were FAA enforcement bees. Don't suppose he had a COA.
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Comment by RoboCopter on January 23, 2013 at 2:18am -
Wow, some news drone...
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Comment by Chris Latham on January 23, 2013 at 3:14am -
It happened to me too but not quite as many. http://youtu.be/itoQ0UkaDwU
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Comment by R. D. Starwalt on January 23, 2013 at 5:28am
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A Parrot AR attacked by bees.
If they had a serious aircraft, they could have pretty much chopped up the swarm.
Like the fellow did with his heli...
Man vs Nature - another chapter
-=Doug
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Comment by Hugues on January 23, 2013 at 9:06am -
This is why drones should not be put in all hands : poor bees. Hope this guy destroyed his copter during this massacre.
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Comment by Josh Potter on January 23, 2013 at 10:43am -
R.D. Those are hornets, and they're not bros. Bee's are bros.
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Comment by Harry on January 24, 2013 at 3:50pm -
I see a market- killer bee irradication service. We chop em and stop em.
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