Many of you have done it, and it was a first for me. <Doh.> Lots of stupidness involved and I’d say it was my fault. My witness @BingBong Bruce would agree, I’m sure.
Be that as it may, here is the tall-ish tree in question (15m up?) with Bruce’s Mavic 4 Pro in attendance:
The downdraft from the Mavic didn’t move it, alas. I may need a long pole to dislodge it or the help of a tree-surgeon friend to get it down (though this location is not great).
Any other ideas? Anyone fancy having a go? It’s in Oxfordshire, not far from Oxford and on or adjacent to private land with public footpath access.
The Mini 5 Pro can’t come soon enough (or the Antigravity for that matter); in the meantime it’ll be back to a Mini 2 for me
No one has ever flown a drone into a tree. Trees jump out infront of drones in attempted insurance scams trying to claim for injury, because trees are dicks.
A series of unfortunate events as usual, not aided by the 28 degree heat. I got as close as I could to fan it out with the Mavic Pro 4, but no effect, but found it from above with my drone after we set the Find My Drone beeps going to narrow it down. It overheated and shut down after a while. It looks like it is just hanging from the front right arm, so a long telescopic pole should shift it, and a clearish path down to the field. You couldn’t reach it by climbing, but a tree surgeon could probably lop the branch off from the ground with the very long loppers. Shot of it’s position in the tree.
The weighted line could work. Arborists use a light line to chuck over a branch, then pull a heavier line through. It would probably be enough to shake it free if you can get a clear shot. I’ve asked Zak (now in Norway) if the Arb might have a telescopic pole or loppers.
I’d recommend having a wee word with Dave aka @OzoneVibe. He successfully rescued my Mini 4 Pro from a tree, somewhat higher (I think) than yours, using string and thread.
Even if you can get a rope on the right section and give it a good shoogle, I’m not sure how shoogleable the drone will be with the props al the way through behind those smaller branches.
Two of these joined together (and circus-level balancing skills to get the loppers on the right branch)?
