The image quality would have been just that bit better.
THAT WAS AMAZING JOHN ! I THINK I WOULD'VE CRAPPED MY PANTS THOUGH, AFRAID HE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN ME OUT ! LOL GOOD JOB MY FRIEND.The image quality would have been just that bit better.
I don't think it was trying to take me down. I have seen trained eagles take drones down, but it is very rare for a wild bird of prey to take down a drone, at least in my experience. I have come across wedge tailed eagles many times and mostly they just keep their distance. Young males will get territorial and swoop my drones. This is nothing to what I have experienced in the past. Birds are very smart and fast, and a drone looks like it could hurt them. But that is just my experience and opinion you could be right Pygar70.Some great footage there. It was trying to take you down. My P4 had a close call with a Wedge-tailed Eagle a few years ago. I'd prefer the maneuverability of an FPV drone in any future encounter.
My record of the event is below...
I almost wished I had rubber underwear but thought no, let's take this opportunity to get good footage, shame it did not hang around longer like Pygar70.THAT WAS AMAZING JOHN ! I THINK I WOULD'VE CRAPPED MY PANTS THOUGH, AFRAID HE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN ME OUT ! LOL GOOD JOB MY FRIEND.
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There are a few videos out there of drones being brought down by eagles, but yes, I expect it's pretty unusual. The eagle that approached me made two close passes before coming in for what looked like 'the kill'. Between the second pass and the final approach it was circling to gain height. At the last second I moved upwards, which may have spooked the bird. It's impossible to know what would have happened had I held my position. It's actions appeared purposeful, at the very least intended to scare away the intruder. I'm glad it didn't make contact... I wouldn't have wanted the props to cause injury.I don't think it was trying to take me down. I have seen trained eagles take drones down, but it is very rare for a wild bird of prey to take down a drone, at least in my experience. I have come across wedge tailed eagles many times and mostly they just keep their distance. Young males will get territorial and swoop my drones. This is nothing to what I have experienced in the past. Birds are very smart and fast, and a drone looks like it could hurt them. But that is just my experience and opinion you could be right Pygar70.
I think your Eagle spent most of the time looking for prey, occasionally checking you out. With an occasional playful swoop.
I don’t think we should be scared of birds of prey, use the opportunity to get good footage like you did.
But you are dead right about rather being in an FPV! Shoot yeh
What is wrong with DJI FPV that you've wanted to had a Phanrom?The image quality would have been just that bit better.
Andy I can only speak from my experience and some vids I have seen on YT. Some eagles are trained to take down drones. But I have not seen many wild birds of prey take down a drone. My experience has been that, with hundreds of flights with eagles in the area they have never even tried to take my drones down. Now it could happen tomorrow. But it has not happened in my few years of flying, not yet. But you may be right.I think it was pure luck. It didn't decide completely to grab the drone. Only at last attack when it stretch the legs down to grab the drone but obviously it changed its mind in the last second. In a situation like that I would not wait to see what the bird is planning to do although I don't know its top speed at horizontal flight.
Took me ages to decipher what you meant. All the more funny when the penny dropped.Almost cactus there John.
I was flying my P4P 2 last month and was approached by a gal in a pair of small denim shorts. Guess you could say she was a wedge-tailed soccer mom since she had her 9 yr old son with her. The kid was fascinated and I let him push the RTH button. Then my wife drove up and I had to cut the class short. Ya meet the most interesting folks at the soccer fields sometimes....The image quality would have been just that bit better.
Brilliant! Loved it.I was flying my P4P 2 last month and was approached by a gal in a pair of small denim shorts. Guess you could say she was a wedge-tailed soccer mom since she had her 9 yr old son with her. The kid was fascinated and I let him push the RTH button. Then my wife drove up and I had to cut the class short. Ya meet the most interesting folks at the soccer fields sometimes....
wonder if Bone4Drone got yellow or red carded when he got homeI was flying my P4P 2 last month and was approached by a gal in a pair of small denim shorts. Guess you could say she was a wedge-tailed soccer mom since she had her 9 yr old son with her. The kid was fascinated and I let him push the RTH button. Then my wife drove up and I had to cut the class short. Ya meet the most interesting folks at the soccer fields sometimes....
Well, I thought I was going to luck out and get the couch instead of the garage. My wife wanted to know if I thought that soccer mom was attractive. I had to think fast. I had the perfect response...or so I thought.wonder if Bone4Drone got yellow or red carded when he got home