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Shot down in flames

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Shot down in flames

Postby sidd finch » Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:22 am

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It was around sunset on Easter Sunday, April 16, when Brad Jones took his DJI Inspire 2 out for a flight in front of his home. Jones hoped, as he does on most nights, to capture some of the forested and hilly scenery in the environs of his hometown, Oliver Springs, Tennessee—about 30 miles west of Knoxville.
“I flew down over my aunt’s house, and I heard a gunshot within the first three to four minutes of flight,” Jones told Ars. “So I sped up and flew back towards my house.”

After a few more minutes, he flew back westward. He had just switched the drone’s camera mode from video to taking still photos in RAW format.

“I took two pictures, then I heard the gunshot, and all of a sudden my drone started spiraling down—I’m sitting there trying to keep it aloft and there was no lift.”

A nearby neighbor, who was also in the front of his own home, turned to Jones and exclaimed: “That hit it! You just got shot! It’s going to crash!”


https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/201 ... shot-down/

The take away... DO NOT fly a drone in Tennessee :)

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Re: Shot down in flames

Postby Steve Grisetti » Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:13 pm

A wise thought, Sidd.
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