How did this happen? Crashed under a bridge

Nsrwholesale · Aug 2, 2015

YES, you can all call me an idiot...I did it. I crashed my Phantom 3 Professional. I am in China and was flying on a great sunny day. Thought I would get a great shot under a bridge with the city behind it. I had a clear view of what was around me and saw nothing in the way of the drone while flying...so I went under the bridge and it shot left And then this happened...

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If you look closely you can see bird. I ran over and thought it was in the water, but to my amazement it landed somehow on the concrete, but I have absolutely no way to get it.
I can't fly it out because it will hit the concrete.
I can't swim in to get it because there is no way to get out.
No way to use a rope or long shaft [emoji41] without risk of dumping it in water.

I am currently waiting for a boat after hours of trying to translate English into Chinese to try and explain what I need a boat for.

$$$$$$$$$$$

tvckz · Aug 2, 2015

Lucky landing. They hate when you speak English. Just show them 20 bucks and point to boat.

Nsrwholesale · Aug 2, 2015

Nsrwholesale said:
If you look closely you can see bird. I ran over and thought it was in the water, but to my amazement it landed somehow on the concrete, but I have absolutely no way to get it.
I can't fly it out because it will hit the concrete.
I can't swim in to get it because there is no way to get out.
No way to use a rope or long shaft [emoji41] without risk of dumping it in water.

I am currently waiting for a boat after hours of trying to translate English into Chinese to try and explain what I need a boat for.

$$$$$$$$$$$

As I was typing the above message, the drone was still stuck.

UPDATE!!!! ALL I CAN SAY IS: LUCK, LUCK, ALL LUCK!! After a couple hours I called the police and they promptly sent a police car to the bridge. After 30 min of talking they had my "drone rescue boat" there.

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I was amazed. They originally said they could call the boat but it would cost $$, I said whatever that's fine just get my phantom back. The boat came and the Chinese police were VERY helpful, unlike my experience in the past. They retuned my drone safely, no harm to drone except minimal scratch/dirt and the propeller must have hit top of bridge and grinded the top down:

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THE DRONE HAS BEEN RETURNED! I am so lucky and amazed how this all happened. I can't wait to review the footage!

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Askaraboz · Aug 2, 2015

Congrats man, you're pretty lucky!

Nsrwholesale · Aug 2, 2015

Askaraboz said:
Congrats man, you're pretty lucky!

Lucky is an understatement!!!! Plus it was around 101 degrees out, SOOOO hot in China right now.

Hono · Aug 2, 2015

Congratulations sir,you are the lucky guy,don't fly under the bridge next time,it is crashing easily,what is this place located at China?

atki · Aug 2, 2015

very lucky man

REBELimgs · Aug 2, 2015

This proves that even in CHINA the police are nicer than in the US. If I had gotten my phantom stuck under a bridge, all hell would have broken loose when the cops showed up.

Ed.south · Aug 2, 2015

What part of China are you in.

Ed.south · Aug 2, 2015

I am in WuJiang and have been getting some good videos out at the big lake.

Ed.south · Aug 2, 2015

robsquad · Aug 2, 2015

Let's see the video then.
Dam lucky with that not getting wet

Wibble · Aug 2, 2015

Awesome. Fair play to the Chinese Police. The Yank Police would have shot you!
Luck is an understatement - prop looks awesome. That video needs to go viral.

MattyDread · Aug 2, 2015

Best thread up to now

Funny as fook. I've actually been laughing out loud - Good work to get it back.

Having the plums to start taking pics when the cop is fishing it out of the net - priceless, especially in China.

How much did it cost btw?

MattyDread · Aug 2, 2015

Wibble said:
Awesome. Fair play to the Chinese Police. The Yank Police would have shot you!
Luck is an understatement - prop looks awesome. That video needs to go viral.

Defo - must include the pics after the video!

Nsrwholesale · Aug 2, 2015

Hono said:
Congratulations sir,you are the lucky guy,don't fly under the bridge next time,it is crashing easily,what is this place located at China?

Ed.south said:
What part of China are you in.

Very lucky. I am near The Bund in ShangHai!

Nsrwholesale · Aug 2, 2015

Ed.south said:
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Wow thats beautiful.... No lakes near Shanghai

Nsrwholesale · Aug 2, 2015

robsquad said:
Let's see the video then.
Dam lucky with that not getting wet

MattyDread said:
Best thread up to now

Funny as fook. I've actually been laughing out loud - Good work to get it back.

Having the plums to start taking pics when the cop is fishing it out of the net - priceless, especially in China.

How much did it cost btw?

Wibble said:
Awesome. Fair play to the Chinese Police. The Yank Police would have shot you!
Luck is an understatement - prop looks awesome. That video needs to go viral.

MattyDread said:
Defo - must include the pics after the video!

HAHA Looking back now the whole process was luck and hilarious! It ended out costing nothing! They just said "ok, have nice day sir" .... I was like foooooookkkkk yeah, you guys are ROWDY!!

Here is the link to the video:
---- ENJOY, but not too much ----

jasonb777 · Aug 2, 2015

Man you so lucky. The quad was trying to attempt a return to home its looks like and it was grinding into the concrete under the curvature of the bridge until it got caught on the bridge foundation. Soooo lucky. The amount of metal and concrete in that bridge also could have caused some strange behavior I assume.