Looks embarrassing...
Lucky no one was injured or killed!
May I say,
“I will never get in a pilotless, absent of direct human intervention driven toy, driven by computers and unproven tech drone thing”.
350 out of 500 plus drones plunged to the earth or in the river in this case. That's an average of a 30% survival/success rate. 70% DOA...
https://www.news.com.au/technology/hund ... baff58b3b6
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-16/ ... /102607576
Melbourne Drone Screw up
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- 2nd Dan
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Melbourne Drone Screw up
There is always an option.
- FerrariFlyer
- 4th Dan
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Re: Melbourne Drone Screw up
...."they autorotated and landed in the water"....from the ABC link above.
Curious description indeed.
Curious description indeed.
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- 1st Dan
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Re: Melbourne Drone Screw up
That’s code for “fell out of the sky”…
- skypig
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Re: Melbourne Drone Screw up
It sounds like the auto land/land immediately function activated.
Even pretty basic drones do that when the battery reaches a certain level.
Doesn’t have the completely desired effect when the drone is over water.
Even pretty basic drones do that when the battery reaches a certain level.
Doesn’t have the completely desired effect when the drone is over water.
- Thunderbird_1
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Re: Melbourne Drone Screw up
Let's see what the ATSB report finds:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/in ... o-2023-033
They say that 440 out of the 500 drones were destroyed, a bit higher than reported in the media.
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/in ... o-2023-033
They say that 440 out of the 500 drones were destroyed, a bit higher than reported in the media.
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Re: Melbourne Drone Screw up
“ Mr Vic, the new guy f()ced up! Should I send him home for the day??”
“ Yeah, let’s look into the problem…. We only lost a few”
“ Yeah, let’s look into the problem…. We only lost a few”
There is always an option.
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