A morning of firsts

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First time I’ve taken my drone out in the dark, well twilight but I’m counting it. Got to my location about 45 mins before sunrise (after an hour and a quarter walk from home).

First time I’ve flown when it’s frosty. It was so flipping cold! I had my battery pack in my inner jacket pocket so all three were ready to go.

First time I’ve flown without the prop guards. After last weekend’s flying I felt confident enough to take my stabilisers off today (they were in my bag though).

Aaaannnnd… first time I’ve collided with anything. Doh! Yep, here I was, all cocky with the guards off and I end up crashing into a tree.

It started OK but I wasn’t quite as parallel to the tree line as I thought and suddenly the drone was tangled in branches. However, it stayed in the air, I manoeuvred it out and bought it back. No damage other than few green streaks of moss on the bodywork, props are fine and I continued to fly it for a good while after.

Here’s the collision vid for your amusement. I’ll edit the proper footage together soon.

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I’m impressed your mavic mini kept going. Those are strong props!

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So lucky, well done for piloting it out OK
Cheers
Steve :slightly_smiling_face:

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:see_no_evil:

As @notveryprettyboy said, you’re really lucky it didn’t go down, especially looking at the speed you hit it.

Check those props really carefully :+1:t2:

And thanks for sharing the video, most people would have kept that one quiet :blush:

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Yeah, I gave them a thorough looking at. No nicks, scratches or cracks anywhere. :+1:t2:

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I would have panicked. Pleased you got it out in one piece!! Still not daring to go that close to a tree.

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