At 2:32 a bird swoops my spark, it got bloody close, it swooped a few more times but it didn’t record it. Has anyone ever had a bird take out there drone??
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Hello from the Hoosier Heartland, Bentron.
I don't see a video but most birds are just curious but I've read that seagulls can be a pain.
What do you expect from a flying rat? Lol.
I fly with the prop guards on as it makes the Spark easier to see during the flight and appear larger so maybe a bird would be intimidated by it.
Also, if a bird did nudge the Spark, it may hit the guards and not the props, keeping it airborne.
Worst case is that you have a bird strike, taking it out, and the guards may absorb and dissipate the impact with the ground like an Indy car smashing a wall.
Keep in mind, Sport Mode on the remote is your friend if you need to get the heck out of a situation fast.
Welcome to the Forum.
I don't see a video but most birds are just curious but I've read that seagulls can be a pain.
What do you expect from a flying rat? Lol.
I fly with the prop guards on as it makes the Spark easier to see during the flight and appear larger so maybe a bird would be intimidated by it.
Also, if a bird did nudge the Spark, it may hit the guards and not the props, keeping it airborne.
Worst case is that you have a bird strike, taking it out, and the guards may absorb and dissipate the impact with the ground like an Indy car smashing a wall.
Keep in mind, Sport Mode on the remote is your friend if you need to get the heck out of a situation fast.
Welcome to the Forum.
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Hello from the Hoosier Heartland, Bentron.
I don't see a video but most birds are just curious but I've read that seagulls can be a pain.
What do you expect from a flying rat? Lol.
I fly with the prop guards on as it makes the Spark easier to see during the flight and appear larger so maybe a bird would be intimidated by it.
Also, if a bird did nudge the Spark, it may hit the guards and not the props, keeping it airborne.
Worst case is that you have a bird strike, taking it out, and the guards may absorb and dissipate the impact with the ground like an Indy car smashing a wall.
Keep in mind, Sport Mode on the remote is your friend if you need to get the heck out of a situation fast.
Welcome to the Forum.
Cheers for the reply, I tried to upload a video of it a few times but I couldn’t. I don’t normally fly it with the guards on but I think I mite now
Create a YouTube or Vimeo channel then post the link back to here.
Pictures can be directly uploaded but not video.
Wow. If you blinked, you'd miss it.
I can't remember who on this Forum posted this collection of still frames from his video but I thought it was cool and grabbed it.
Check out the perfect alignment of the head eye balling the camera.
Photo credit to JoostGT3.
I can't remember who on this Forum posted this collection of still frames from his video but I thought it was cool and grabbed it.
Check out the perfect alignment of the head eye balling the camera.
Photo credit to JoostGT3.
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Tomi Rimayoga
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I’ve had a lot of interest From seagulls and Oyster catchers! I try to avoid early mornings around certain parts of the S coast as it seems to make them go crazy! My concern is one could knock it up on end therefore killing the motors. My normal tactic is to fly up as quickly as I can. Liked the idea in this thread of a quick switch to sports mode too!
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