Going along a street at 400ft and a Helicopter zoom in front of me. Definite reality check.
You didn't take a pic of him and his machine ?.Last week, issues with a guy flying a "home built" machine, luckily, you can hear him coming from miles away. First time I heard/saw him I thought it as a tractor with no muffler, I know he was lower than my Phantom, I was at 40 meters & as he flew by me, blocked view of my P3A.
Waving at him, he waves madly back, I could actually hear him yelling -Yahooooo!!
Found out who he is, lives about 3 farms from me, seeing as its raining, good day to drop in & say hello
I've had a few "diaper moments" like this. Most recent was last September when I was flying my P3P over a county fair around 300 feet and suddenly this Piper Cub comes swooping in over the fair at about the same height. I did a 360 with my P3P to try and spot it on the iPad screen but I couldnt see it. I hit the panic mode and immediately dropped my drone down to 150 ft. and returned to home. Had to find a Porta-Potty to clean the mess in my undies.
We have aerial fire fighting efforts shut down in our forests in CA and OR, because of personal drones. Please do not get near a fire.Luck day for you.
They can come out of nowhere. Go to Kmart for some new chonies.
Where I live I'm surrounded by mountains, and you never know what's going to fly over. Today it was a crane helicopter, big mother.
A couple years ago my wife watched a big 747 or DC10 that was fire fighting fly so close it skimmed the trees on the mountain.
We have aerial fire fighting efforts shut down in our forests in CA and OR, because of personal drones. Please do not get near a fire.
I apologize....wrote a post on the wrong comment and even though I thought it was deleted, it still showed up on yours. Again, sorry.Not sure who you were speaking to or making a general statement, but either way, I'm in total agreement with you on staying clear of fire and firefighting crew so they can do there wonderful work the do for all!
I would also add that checking the TFR's ( Federal Aviation Administration - Graphic TFR's) is always a good part of mission planning. Sometimes you may think it is safe to return to an area where a fire was, but efforts to monitor and control possible hotspots often continue long after the smokes clears.