Bagan, Myanmar
The Myanmar National Police were more receptive to my drone flights than a flock of crows.
I launched from a small temple soon after a sunrise. I was heading out towards a larger temple with hot air balloons in the distance when my Phantom was swarmed by crows. At first I thought my flight trajectory coincided with theirs, but I soon realized it was intentional because the crows were not happy about the intruder.
As they swarmed around the Phantom, getting more and more aggressive, I decreased my altitude to shorten the drop if a crow took out a prop. Then I went full burner home towards the LZ, with the crows hot on my 6. I'm glad I was close because the crows didn't quit until I brought her in close to the top of the temple where a bunch of humans were.
If it was a longer distance it might have ended Crows 1, Clipper 0.
As an added bonus, turns out my friend captured the swarming from a 3rd Person View with my camera. Her narrative is fun because she was recovering from a respiratory illness, so laughing was making her choke, all while giving a running commentary.
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2cEnuAPzHg
The Myanmar National Police were more receptive to my drone flights than a flock of crows.
I launched from a small temple soon after a sunrise. I was heading out towards a larger temple with hot air balloons in the distance when my Phantom was swarmed by crows. At first I thought my flight trajectory coincided with theirs, but I soon realized it was intentional because the crows were not happy about the intruder.
As they swarmed around the Phantom, getting more and more aggressive, I decreased my altitude to shorten the drop if a crow took out a prop. Then I went full burner home towards the LZ, with the crows hot on my 6. I'm glad I was close because the crows didn't quit until I brought her in close to the top of the temple where a bunch of humans were.
If it was a longer distance it might have ended Crows 1, Clipper 0.
As an added bonus, turns out my friend captured the swarming from a 3rd Person View with my camera. Her narrative is fun because she was recovering from a respiratory illness, so laughing was making her choke, all while giving a running commentary.
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2cEnuAPzHg