I was flying on a confined space, doing some boilers inspection. The space is 250 feet tall and 12 feet diameter. Everything was going good great, when about 70 feet, there was a sensor sticking out, even with the prop guards it touched the propellers. My heart stopped, and in half a second, decided to try and catch it, I was lucky to save the machine even I got some scratches, but the prop guards took most of the impact on the hands. Broke 3 of the 4. Luckily, is OK. But I don't think Im getting my bird back on that situation. I'm getting new props, and calibrate all sensors, just to be safe.
P3P fell from 70+ feet, but saved it!!!!
- Thread starter bebeloneovvl
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I was looking at it at all times sir. We had some illumination, and saw everything, except for that sensor sticking out. Here's a link of a video I recorded, not from the job itself, but from outside of the plant.Nice catchCould you see it falling or did you have to listen to it hitting the wall on the way down and catch by feel? I'm a retired Boiler Engineer myself and have been in the tubes enough to call them home
i was flying in semi-high winds with prop guards a bit back with my p1 last year, and was near my mother
i was on my dock and was trying to land it for whatever reason because i was panicked and couldnt think straight so i didnt think to raise it up and land it on the grass
i asked her to grab it, and instead of grabbing the landing gear, she grabbed prop guards
she was fine, but she couldnt move a few of her fingers for a few weeks and she has fully recovered now
i was on my dock and was trying to land it for whatever reason because i was panicked and couldnt think straight so i didnt think to raise it up and land it on the grass
i asked her to grab it, and instead of grabbing the landing gear, she grabbed prop guards
she was fine, but she couldnt move a few of her fingers for a few weeks and she has fully recovered now
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