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http://youtu.be/AhDG_WBIQgc Filmed over Magazine Beach Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts recently, a large hawk gave Amazon a reason to rethink the companys Prime Air drone delivery initiative. YouTube user and software developer Christopher Schmidt has been taking his Phantom FC40 quadcopter drone out into public areas to fly it around the skies a couple times each week. To capture 1080p video during his weekly flights, Schmidt uses a GoPro Hero 3+ Black attached to his quadcopter drone. However, a large hawk took offense to the quadcopter drone loudly buzzing in the same airspace. The GoPro camera captured the hawk swooping in from above and slamming into the drone. At this point, Schmidt throttled down the props to avoid doing any serious damage to the hawk and the drone is filmed falling to the ground where it lands upside down on a grassy area of the park. According to Schmidt, the hawk zipped away and was apparently unharmed from the encounter. Detailed in the description of the YouTube video, Schmidt states As far as I could tell, the hawk came out unscathed, and having defeated his prey, was happy to retreatThe quadcopter came out unscathed as well. |
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@shadow27 | 11 October 14 | |
People can just fly them around anywhere they like? Crazy..
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@ogdenz | 11 October 14 | |
They need guns and lazers fitted to them to shoot the hawks down.
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@mok214 | 11 October 14 | |
I don't think the FAA or the Department of Fish and Game would take kindly to that.
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@3mel | 11 October 14 | |
well obviously you don't mention your bird of prey snuff movie to them
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@mok214 | 11 October 14 | |
Did you even watch the video before making that... moronic statement? The hawk could be easily seen flying happily away when the drone flipped. |
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@newt182 | 11 October 14 | |
Mel is talking about ogdenz idea.
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@3mel | 11 October 14 | |
how can you lose track when there were only four replies up... ?
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@mok214 | 11 October 14 | |
@ newt182 - 11.10.14 - 03:52am Mel is talking about ogdenz idea. Ah, my apologies to 3Mel. |
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@3mel | 11 October 14 | |
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@birdy | 11 October 14 | |
@ 3mel - 11.10.14 - 04:04am how can you lose track when there were only four replies up... ? |
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