Drone crashes into crowd at Great Bull Run-
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http://wtvr.com/2013/08/24/watch-drone-crashes-into-crowd-at-great-bull-run/
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(Sorry embeded video didn't work but here is the link)
http://wtvr.com/2013/08/24/watch-drone-crashes-into-crowd-at-great-bull-run/
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As far as DJI goes, this might look familiar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Tg5092srE
There's some close up photos of the aircraft, and the wiring is a disgusting mess. Also notice, DSLR with the kit lens... Not a professional operation to be sure. Some stuff I'm seeing on various forums is that the event organizer changed videographers at the last minute. They were originally going to hire a more professional outfit, but then changed course just a few days prior. This change may or may not have been because the original contractor stated he would not fly over crowds because of safety concerns.
Not all Octos can fly with an engine out. You still need a reserve of power with an Octo to be able to balance things out with one engine gone.. If your hover throttle is over 60-70%, it starts to get a bitch sketchy. Many people are overloading the airframe to lift big cameras as a display of male jewellery.
A failure of an octo engine might have turned this from a non-event into a bad news item.
A failure of a quad would just cause it to plummet, hopefully to the empty stadium floor below and a non-news event. Since an octo is - theoretically - savable with one engine gone, it means it was still under powered flight, and thus able to drift off into the crowds. One advantage of using a quad for filming I guess - as long as your planned flightpath is clear, any failure will mean catastrophic loss of the craft, but hopefully far less chance of personal injury.
Seen this a few times with hex's and octo's losing a motor, and the pilot bravely bringing it down safely without loss of the craft...except it was 20-30m off his original flightline. In a field - no problem. But in a crowded stadium...
Given the proximity and the altitude, this pilot had no chance of saving it in time. I do feel though that it looked like it wasn't flying right from the very beginning; not sure what shot he was looking for, but that's not how you fly with a gimbal onboard if you want smooth footage. I think he should have brought it down earlier. I did this after my quad started exhibiting strange behavior; 1 foot from landing and the No 1 prop spun right off after the bolt sheared. A heavy landing and some props ends got "furred up", but had I continued and "flown through it", I would have lost the craft.
Again it's a DJI. Coincidence?
How bad was the solar weather this weekend? I had a lot of trouble using a handheld GPS. I wonder if that was the cause?
+1 Erman factory approved training is a look ready big business in Europe. Others hoping to cash in should start examining that.
All the King's horses and all the King's men
All of Chris' inventions and good intentions
Couldn't put Humpty together again
The operator of this "drone" is a d*****bag. But IMHO so is anyone else, including spectators, who had anything to do with this degenerate imported third-world event, so no tears shed here.
The Trappy case is going to underline what is and is not legal over there. It also looks more and more likely that the NPRM process will start later this year so small stuff might finally have a target to aim at. DHS will not evaluate platforms with less than 1000 hours of time any system used by folks after the rule change will no doubt have to have jumped through hoops somewhere.
Honestly, there are no professional systems yet. Just expensive hobby systems. Anyone who flies over crowds with a copter larger than a parrot drone is just asking for trouble.
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