Horrifying crash into crowd

[slim.slamma]

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From sugar to crap!



Candy-dispersing drone crashes into crowd, injuring 6 people (VIDEO)

 

[The Editor]

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From sugar to crap!



Horrifying video shows a drone dispensing candy crash into crowd below
2 days ago

And people still think it's OK and 'cool' to fly over people and busy freeways!

 

[BlueCollarSky]

Horrifying use of the word horrifying.

 

[PatrickP]

Horrifying use of the word horrifying.

the people hit with the spinning blades might disagree

 

[Steve@AerialImagesPro]

And notice it didn't come straight down, it went at an angle. So this is for those that fly right next to (but not directly over) very large crowds think it's just fine too.

 

[slim.slamma]

And @licensed pilot still think it's OK and 'cool' to fly over people and busy freeways!

The drone was distributing Candy, so for a hot second it was, Cool Beans

Appeared to be a hex not a quad also he was approved by the local tribe

For that Paper any goes! My President would agree

 

[slim.slamma]

And notice it didn't come straight down, it went at an angle. So this is for those that fly right next to (but not directly over) very large crowds think it's just fine too.

Yeah odd the way it flipped like that.

 

[slim.slamma]

it went at an angle.

The candy.
From sugar to $%!t

 

[MGS]

That was BONKERS!

Any idea what causes that type of malfunction?

 

[slim.slamma]

That was BONKERS!

Any idea what causes that type of malfunction?

Had to be the load.

The article says it was caused by the sudden wind.
B.s

 

[BlueCollarSky]

sudden tip and spin is quite often a motor or esc failure

 

[MGS]

That was crazy.

 

[Scoobywrx05]

Anybody else notice the big station tower behind it?

 

[MGS]

I used the translate feature, the comments are a little wonky but a few people did mention the high-frequency radio tower in the background.

 

[slim.slamma]

Candy-dispersing drone crashes into crowd, injuring 6 people (VIDEO)
Better view

 

[BlueCollarSky]

"It added that the injuries were minor and mainly constituted of scratches and bruises." = horrifying

 

[MGS]

Where's all the coverage of people getting hit by Hockey pucks, baseballs, and pieces of cars while watching races?

Don't ever sit in the Splash Zone at Sea World, I've seen it get pretty real...

 

[Iceboxvideo]

A risk assessment would have calculated red for this activity, this is one of those "what if's" scenarios that actually did happen. Pleased to hear no one was badly hurt, also the general public need to see more of these failures when buying a drone.

 

[William Gaddy]

My production crew actually made a $15K Inspire 2 with VR camera rig eat s*** and die (literally, more on that in a moment). Inspire 2 is a remarkably stable bird, but every drone and their ESC's have limits. Crew had tandem carbon fiber arms mounted on the legs, with PixPro's at the ends. The rig's COG was balanced. As we all should know, when a quad maneuvers forward quickly, it's pitch tips in the direction of flight. Well, add one frisky Brazillian pilot in a hurry, and the COG went sideways, and that was enough to make it do a complete full-power inversion Straight Down... into a cattle holding field. No steer were harmed, but the poor Inspire 2 was broke AF and literally covered in bulls***. Total writeoff. Lesson to be learned: Read and know the FAA PHAK on loading and center of gravity before you attempt stunts like this.

 

[dkotinsky]

The load definitely the cause