I was approached by a local golf course about using the phantom to control their big canada goose problem. They had been using dogs to chase the birds but these were very expensive requiring a professional handler and lots of notice. Noise makers or culling was not an option. So I made up a little sound system to blast attacking eagle cries from under the quad, I posted this in an earlier forum but here it is in case you missed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MCGbFS4 ... Vjd-PHQT0w
So I finally had a chance to try it out. Stripped the phantom in case I had a bad encounter, especially over water, so no camera. But the sound worked great and freaked half the birds out. The other half weren't buying it! I used my new Storm 2700 mah batteries, 8% more weight but 23% more juice. Significant more flying time with very aggressive flying. End of story, I don't think its worth it. Too much operator skill required by staff, weather limits use, and the geese were tough to budge. Lots of fun though.
http://youtu.be/_u_ec-SEVjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MCGbFS4 ... Vjd-PHQT0w
So I finally had a chance to try it out. Stripped the phantom in case I had a bad encounter, especially over water, so no camera. But the sound worked great and freaked half the birds out. The other half weren't buying it! I used my new Storm 2700 mah batteries, 8% more weight but 23% more juice. Significant more flying time with very aggressive flying. End of story, I don't think its worth it. Too much operator skill required by staff, weather limits use, and the geese were tough to budge. Lots of fun though.
http://youtu.be/_u_ec-SEVjg