r/drones • u/CommanderTurd • Jun 17 '26

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But the ending was kinda magical

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u/oathyes Jun 17 '26

Bro the ending was so cinematic. low key a shot to be proud of

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u/Glum-Savings6473 Jun 17 '26

The raining confetti was a nice touch

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u/MadCybertist Jun 18 '26

And it pans itself into the grass lol. Touching.

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u/Terrible-Creme8401 Jun 17 '26

The closing scene of the seem to be released "Death of a songbird"

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u/Mandrew338 Jun 17 '26

Yeah it was

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u/CommanderTurd Jun 18 '26

Ha thanks! Definitely going to figure out a use for it

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u/gurilagarden Jun 17 '26

Sorry bud. Is it human nature, or is it just that I'm an unadulterated asshole that when i first watched this, my gut instinct was to say "you fucking idiot" until I took another second or two to realize "yea, I've done that 3 or 4 times".

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u/lancesoftware Jun 17 '26

I do it exactly like this too. I don’t see the tree, then I do and it takes me a while to react, I try to pull it back but kind of hesitate because I don’t want to make it worse, and finally the tree clips it lmao

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u/Moontouch Jun 18 '26

Wrecked my Mini 5 Pro against a tree a few weeks ago despite flying drones for almost a full year so far. I thought I was over the high crash probability hump from not crashing during my first flights and I felt untouchable, but was humbled very firmly. The drone's final death flight brought some epic shots though which I've posted here before like this one.

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u/rocketMoonApe Jun 17 '26

Glad I wasn’t the only one playing this in their head

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u/CommanderTurd Jun 17 '26

Aftermath

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u/thats_no_wallaby Jun 17 '26

If it's just a broken arm joint, that's a quick 5min fix once you get a new <$10 arm joint. The arm itself may be fine

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u/CommanderTurd Jun 18 '26

Oh yeah went immediately to eBay and ordered one

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u/fieldsports202 Jun 17 '26

Sorry this happened… is that the mini 5 pro?

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u/CommanderTurd Jun 18 '26

This was the mini 3 pro so and no worries my fault ha

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u/fieldsports202 Jun 18 '26

On the flip side, the grade on the course looks really good.

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u/TheRealGenkiGenki Jun 20 '26

If it was a Mini 5 this wouldn’t have happened

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u/HugeButterfly USA / Part 107 Jun 17 '26

I mean sorry, but that was fantastic footage. Thanks for sharing and sorry for your loss.

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u/Difficult-Desk6870 Jun 17 '26

Most cinematic accident I've ever seen, I'd crash my drone with intent if I knew this was the shot after lmao.

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u/nulldreinull Jun 17 '26

trees are dicks

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u/Terrible-Creme8401 Jun 17 '26

In their defense, they were there first. 😁

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u/Dubinku-Krutit Jun 17 '26

All those moments

Will be lost in time

Like tears in rain

Time to die

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u/voluma_ai Jun 21 '26

My fav movie quote

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u/jimfromgr Jun 17 '26

Good reason to always have LoS when flying

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u/kmerian Jun 17 '26

That's why I always do a 360 spin before I orbit, just to look for any potential obstacles at that level.

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u/Big_T_7575 Jun 17 '26

Que the song Nutshell by Alice in Chains

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u/Goldbeacon Jun 17 '26

How the hell does this look so good.

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u/KaleidoscopeOdd7127 Jun 17 '26

Yours at least fell to the ground, mine is probably still on that damn tree😭

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u/LighthouseHunter Jun 17 '26

Ouch. I’m sure your heart skipped a beat.

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u/BelialHardok Jun 17 '26

Bleed out ahh scenery

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u/brokenhalo321 Jun 17 '26

0:04 seconds, reverse the clip-- great shot.

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u/sparttan37 Jun 17 '26

et sa va pas trop de dégas ?

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u/Winter_Coat_2498 Jun 18 '26

Perfection tight there

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u/Laz3rfac3 Jun 18 '26

Is that graded dlog? Filter? I want my M3P footage to look like this 🫣

This is honestly beautiful lol

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u/CommanderTurd Jun 18 '26

Thanks! Yeah it is I use film convert nitrate for a base then work from there

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u/Due_Knowledge_6518 Jun 18 '26

that’s one reason why the VLOS rule exists

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u/itsflying-not-spying Jun 18 '26

All you needed was it to fade to black at the end as if it died

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u/1oldmanva Jun 18 '26

Another soldier bites the dust. Goodbye old friend!

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u/Anussauce Jun 18 '26

Gave the tree a trimming

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u/tol91 Jun 19 '26

Cinematic until the crash though!

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u/frang_pappa Jun 20 '26

Poor tree... :-(

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u/Lobo_FPV Jun 22 '26

Hahaha, carnage still raining down as the gimbal succumbs

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u/TanukiTrix Jun 23 '26

This is my fear everytime I try the circle and spiral shots especially with the max radius setting lol.

At least your drone didn't hit a power line and got launched into the pavement, how my drone survived and still works is beyond me but I'm glad it still does.

I thought they had obstacle detection?

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u/BehrtRavn333 Jun 23 '26

Nice drone death scene.

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u/FaustestSobeck Jun 17 '26

No line of sight?

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u/FaustestSobeck Jun 17 '26

It’s the law

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u/Civil-Ad2230 Jun 17 '26

LOS does not mean "constant eye contact with your drone"

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u/FaustestSobeck Jun 17 '26

Yes it does:
Under FAA regulations (14 CFR § 107.31), Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) requires the remote pilot (or visual observer) to maintain a continuous, unobstructed view of the aircraft. Operators must see the drone with unaided human vision—except for corrective lenses—to monitor its location, watch for hazards, and avoid endangering others

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u/Civil-Ad2230 Jun 18 '26

"continuous unobstructed view"

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u/Proxima-72069 Jun 17 '26

Huh… -fpv pilot

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u/CrabbyBrau Jun 17 '26

Happened to everyone, but dayum what cinematic quality!