Drone survives epic crash - have others had this good fortune?

[Rohanm]

DJI Phantom 3 Standard drone (sunhans boosted) survived a crash into a chimney of a DECOMMISSIONED power station. Crash was caused by loss of signal and RTH. The drone bounced on impact, tumbled and fell, though recovered soon after, returning minus an LED cover and with torn transfers caused by a slight buckling of both fore arms

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[KiloGolf7]

HAHA Crazy pucker factor right !! Cool video

 

[Rohanm]

the gods were in favour that day

 

[Deleted member 62848]

Nice flight,great footage,nearly close me eyes awsome go the p3

 

[captainmilehigh]

Wow, what a great flight! That is one tough bird to survive a bump like that and recover. Do you recall what your battery percentage was at landing ? Great job. Thanks for sharing. [emoji106]

 

[MotorCycle-Man]

MAN Oh man.....Your really very lucky......I recall a mod here posting that its Against a Federal law to fly over a " Active" Power Plant.
Hope that he will see this post and message to further clarify this...in fact i have sent him a private message to reply here .

 

[Neon Euc]

Wow.... Like winning the lottery on that one [emoji33]

 

[Rohanm]

MAN Oh man.....Your really very lucky......I recall a mod here posting that its Against a Federal law to fly over a " Active" Power Plant.
Hope that he will see this post and message to further clarify this...in fact i have sent him a private message to reply here .

Plant has been decommissioned with chimneys now redundant.

People have campaigned for those towers to be saved from destruction on account of their landmark status.

Both chimneys are capped and there follows a video of an idiot climbing one

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No safety net: Young man videos himself scaling Poolbeg chimney

 

[Rohanm]

Wow, what a great flight! That is one tough bird to survive a bump like that and recover. Do you recall what your battery percentage was at landing ? Great job. Thanks for sharing. [emoji106]

Total distance travelled was approx 4.5 km - so i'd guess about 35%

 

[With The Birds]

That was ridiculous!!!! Thanks for sharing....

 

[Wellfed]

My DJI Phantom 3 Standard drone (sunhans boosted) survived a head on crash into a power station chimney which was caused by loss of signal due to an obstruction in my line of control and a RTH. The drone impacted, bounced. tumbled and fell, though recovered soon after.

I don't see a link for the video...

 

[With The Birds]

I don't see a link for the video...

Seems the OP edited his/her post and removed it....

 

[Dwilliams35]

Seems the OP edited his/her post and removed it....

Looks like “They” got him.

 

[Rohanm]

Looks like “They” got him.

 

[Rohanm]

I don't see a link for the video...

Fixed now ✔

 

[w1r3d]

dam lucky to survive that encounter, just goes to show how bullet proof these drones can be (excluding FW updates of course)

 

[Erised]

Wow tough craft and props! even the gimbal recovered.

 

[MassDrone]

It's pretty rare for a P3 to recover from a collision with a large object. The pilot should start buying lottery tickets.

 

[Jraucci]

I like the way the drone seemed to shake it off after the hit.

 

[Feng5680]

I have a P3 as well. I have crashed it several times.
Only broken props so far but many dents, cracks apnd scrapes.
Sending it in as
well as controler.
The thing is just stout!
Which is good I'm hard on my things
Great video good luck and safe flying.