Eagle catches a drone

mellowyellow

mellowyellow

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This is in fact a genuine photograph of an eagle catching a drone. It was taken by photographer Koen Van Weel in March 2016 and documents a trained eagle from the “Guard from Above” company wrapping its talons around a drone during a police exercise in the Netherlands. The image is available via Getty Images. where it is presented with the caption “An eagle of the Guard from Above company, grasps a drone during a police exercise in Katwijk, on March 7, 2016. The bird of prey can get drones from the air by catching them with his legs.”
 

Seen that on my DJI form a while back. What they didn't say the bird was injured real bad from the props on the top revving to over 10,000 RPM. So they stopped that experiment.

I know I've got cut with the blades myself when starting my drone & that's only 500 rpm My mistake that I learned from. Start the controller first then the drone. It will not rev up the blades that way.

I have a DJI Maveric Platnum.
 
Tom 86 said:
Seen that on my DJI form a while back. What they didn't say the bird was injured real bad from the props on the top revving to over 10,000 RPM. So they stopped that experiment.

I know I've got cut with the blades myself when starting my drone & that's only 500 rpm My mistake that I learned from. Start the controller first then the drone. It will not rev up the blades that way.

I have a DJI Maveric Platnum.
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The Skydio 2 will not start up until both the drone and controller are turned on and synced up. Once the sync is completed (several seconds), it won't start up and take off until the launch button is pressed and held for 2 seconds. Beyond that, it is assumed you're body parts are away from the props. I always launch from the top of the carrying case, which the drone can recognize for an autonomous return landing if you're over it.
 
Below is the Skydio 2 in its carrying case with 2 batteries, an extra set of propellers and a lens cloth.

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You can see that it has three 200° camera lens on top. There are also three on the bottom such that altogether the drone can pretty well see it's environment and avoid most obstacles (except wires and thin tree branches). Although programmed to do all the major cool video moves (e.g., follow, circle, dolly in/out, spiral in/out, elevator, cable, etc.), I used it strictly for photos. Folks on other forums I inhabit were letting me know they preferred pictures to videos. The high degree of autonomy and obstacle avoidance means I can give more attention to getting the picture and worry less about running into things. I view this more an aerial camera than a drone to be flown.
 
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