My drone gets WALLOPED by a Peregrine falcon, knocked into a tree, and survives!

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_______________________________________________________________________ CLOSE CALL!!! BIRD HIT!! MA2!!!!

All sensors were on, this was *NOT* me hitting the tree, I had already flown over that tree without changing altitude, and had clear visual line of sight.

I was on a short test flight down the road and back before launching an automated mission to map my own property into an orthomosaic with drone deploy and metashape pro. (basically a 3d image of the entire place made by stitching all the drone photos together using the GPS info)

I try to avoid flying when these things are out, because they are extremely aggressive and nest nearby in the university's bell tower.

Drone held up amazing all things considered,. it dropped 30-50ft before recovering!

No real damage.. the gimbal turned sideways and self-calibrated once it was back home (as seen)

[dubdronesc]

well that was pretty awesome that it survived!

[jeffadelman]

Unbelievable that you found the only falcon to not like Birdsong. You a Saint of circumstance. ✌️🙃

[axemanarbor]

Can't work out if you are more lucky or unlucky. Did the bird poop on you?

[mcformica]

Cool video. After you were knocked down, what is that bar that is visible?

[seabirdman]

Looks more like a crow than a falcon. Either way, You’re lucky it didn’t end worse.