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Drone Incident and Equipment Durability

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Excavator forestry mulcher on Caterpillar 320 with a fecon head running a supertrack 350 powerpack

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What happens here

An unexpected event occurs where a tree being mulched falls onto a drone, demonstrating the unpredictable nature of heavy equipment operations. Despite a direct hit from a 60-foot tree, the drone survives with only a broken propeller, highlighting its unexpected durability. The incident underscores the importance of maintaining safe distances and vigilance when operating or filming around such powerful machinery.

Goal: Illustrate the potential dangers and equipment resilience in a high-risk environment.

Tools and materials

  • DJI Mavic Pro 2 Drone DJI — Filming operations (damaged during incident)

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so you were actually coming into the treat from the one side and so you did all the other trees that same way and then knocked him over on the side you came in and then all of a sudden you switch directions like yeah yeah I switch it I had my GoPro I mean I had my Abbott right there he knocked the tree over right up I had that half of the tree gone and it was like wanted that way so I was like all right go to the other side and knock her down I didn't see it around over there literally this just had a bulk what do you how big do you think that tree us drop right on it 60 foot at least right on top and like it's not even it's everything works I literally knocked one of the props off I ran a got bypassed prop yeah and it flew fine just fine goodness the camera was a little bit want and I got to see what's going on with it but holy crap I would have never I mean it was just like

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