Well, it Happened. RIP Little bird. I'll miss you :/ I was involved in getting the aerial shots for a music video they were filming off of star island in Miami. I had flown very tight and technical all day, pulled off several landings onto the front of a moving yacht, in the wind. And even nailed some orbit shots while the vessel was moving, and im still on the old firmware. (never even got to try out the latest release with poi and waypoints!) So, on the 8th battery they wanted the artist on the back of the boat, and then wanted an ascending cable line shot up and away, with a tilt up towards the miami skyline as the sun was setting. The boat was moving, and the wind was decent so I had to haul *** to catch up to the boat. I was planning on doing a pass by the boat, and coming around to land on the bow as usual while I was standing up on the fly bridge where I flew from all day. Well, turns out for whatever reason one of the downriggers was down (as you can see in the pic) and I couldnt tell from up top as I went to do my flyby to land. SO long story short, 400 pound test shark line will annihilate your inspire.. I must have broke just a few blades, because it went down like a wounded bird...Man those things are loud when they hit the water full throttle. Sank like a rock. Didn't even attempt to get it back. Well, here she lays. Right by lil waynes house. lol.
the one on the left is the outrigger that killed my inspire. (well, I technically did fly directly into it not noticing it was down). This really makes me think about if I would have seen it on a larger tablet screen vs the iphone 6 screen. It was unusual for it to be down, and I don't know how I didn't notice it as I took this pic right before take off. I had to turn the inspire on, then make my way to the fly bridge where I flew from so I stayed out of the shots.
the one on the left is the outrigger that killed my inspire. (well, I technically did fly directly into it not noticing it was down). This really makes me think about if I would have seen it on a larger tablet screen vs the iphone 6 screen. It was unusual for it to be down, and I don't know how I didn't notice it as I took this pic right before take off. I had to turn the inspire on, then make my way to the fly bridge where I flew from so I stayed out of the shots.