Drone tornado footage 4/30/2019!

[furthertofly]

Have you seen yesterday's amazing drone footage of an Oklahoma tornado? Apparently its the first air-to-air tornado footage captured since a helicopter did it many years ago. Granted, it's not the most violent tornado ever, but still....

 

[MassGuy]

A new tool for tornado chasers.

 

[DKD2262]

Great footage, it was cool to see it suck the water from that pond up into the funnel.

 

[Deleted member 62848]

Have you seen yesterday's amazing drone footage of an Oklahoma tornado? Apparently its the first air-to-air tornado footage captured since a helicopter did it many years ago. Granted, it's not the most violent tornado ever, but still....

Awsome
Thanks for sharing

 

[400 park]

Have you seen yesterday's amazing drone footage of an Oklahoma tornado? Apparently its the first air-to-air tornado footage captured since a helicopter did it many years ago. Granted, it's not the most violent tornado ever, but still....

One of the coolest drone video I have seen. Not sure if I would have had the balls to stay with it with all the debris flying around. Thanks for sharing

 

[Rkuyvenhoven]

I’m assuming he flew that far because it was flat
He sure went some distance from his takeoff point without loosing connection
Still impressive

 

[MassGuy]

I'm waiting for the FAA to say we can't fly near tornados

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

WOW! Now the weather geek in me was very impressed, but he pilot in me was a little worried. Either was very cool footage, but very unsafe. Anyone know what kind of drone he was flying?

Thanks,

Brett

 

[mdowney58]

WOW! Now the weather geek in me was very impressed, but he pilot in me was a little worried. Either was very cool footage, but very unsafe. Anyone know what kind of drone he was flying?

Thanks,

Brett

I'm not arguing, but what was unsafe about it?

 

[Andy9]

He must have had a tele lens as being so close to the tornado no drone can resist that wind. I don't mean the vortex itself but the wind 100 m around it.
Anyway must be pretty brave for that, or buying a new drone is a peace of cake for him.

 

[Philsmith76]

I'm not arguing, but what was unsafe about it?

For 107 there is the little cloud issue of ....“Cloud clearance requirements, 500 feet below, 2000 ft horizontally from clouds.”

 

[Uncle Stumpy]

I don’t know...... is that an actual tornado or just a dust devil? Still, pretty cool footage.

 

[bhartwell]

Given the limited amount of debris being thrown up, it must not have been very strong. Still, being able to line up and follow it horizontally like that must have been a real trick, or just really lucky timing. Did he OP mention what drone was used?

 

[David Cooke]

Nice work 'furthertofly' . . .impressive footage and worth taking the risk for. Can you say what machine? I assume Phantom 4? . . so I assume there was no zoom?
Thanks for posting

 

[3putts]

I don’t know...... is that an actual tornado or just a dust devil? Still, pretty cool footage.

We call 'em dust devils out here in the west. Fortunately, we don't get many tornadoes. Great footage!

 

[furthertofly]

Nice work 'furthertofly' . . .impressive footage and worth taking the risk for. Can you say what machine? I assume Phantom 4? . . so I assume there was no zoom?
Thanks for posting

All I did was repost this from YouTube and I know nothing about the circumstances.

 

[David Cooke]

Oh... well it’s nice camera work as well as flying... wasn’t his/ her first time out

 

[ishboo4343]

Waiting for a water spout in Florida

 

[Deezbs]

We call 'em dust devils out here in the west. Fortunately, we don't get many tornadoes. Great footage!

That's a tornado.

 

[WetDog]

It's a small tornado, but a definite one. What really impresses me is how stable the drone is. There are birds being tossed about right in front of it. The drone is pretty close at times, certainly within significant winds.

I guess I'm not too worried about technically being too close to clouds. Unlikely that there is a piloted aircraft anywhere near the area.