2023-04-29-DRN-01
Almost Droney Baloney's last shot. It was too windy but feeling ever more confident, I sent it up anyway. Stupid error on my part. Beware of overconfidence.
Lost sight of it. The gimble got stuck at about 45 degrees down. I flew over to the R.R. tracks on the left and got down to around 30-40 feet and flew back into the wind towards me. Almost back to me I managed to hit some high branches in a tree and down it came.
Fortunately, it landed in snow and only suffered some chipped propeller blades. After drying it off and cleaning it up, I replaced the blades and sent it up, later, at home and without the wind. Everything works. A close one.
2023-04-29-DRN-01
Almost Droney Baloney's last shot. It was too windy but feeling ever more confident, I sent it up anyway. Stupid error on my part. Beware of overconfidence.
Lost sight of it. The gimble got stuck at about 45 degrees down. I flew over to the R.R. tracks on the left and got down to around 30-40 feet and flew back into the wind towards me. Almost back to me I managed to hit some high branches in a tree and down it came.
Fortunately, it landed in snow and only suffered some chipped propeller blades. After drying it off and cleaning it up, I replaced the blades and sent it up, later, at home and without the wind. Everything works. A close one.