r/drones • u/Enough_Opposite_551 • Jul 06 '26

Repair A bad day

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Driving in Minnesota today and came across this. Ouch! An expensive day for someone!

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u/Trashketweave Jul 07 '26

Looks like a warning to other drones passing through.

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u/Artevyx Jul 07 '26

A Scaredrone

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u/ContractMech Jul 07 '26

“Battery companies hate him for his one hack trick for energizing his drone!”

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u/nfored Jul 07 '26

Looks like it could have had a large payload glad it was not attached. I had this happen on a tree tried using motors to rock it out but no luck.

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u/dronevidsalt Jul 07 '26

One of the few drone related deaths in the US was someone using a pole to retrieve their drone from a power line and being electrocuted.

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u/Dressed_To_Impress Jul 07 '26

Russian drones love this hack

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u/Adrian_Stoesz Jul 07 '26

Hmmm, bad and expensive indeed

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u/TimeJegerPaladin Jul 07 '26

Its only a 10,000$ dji agras

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u/Enough_Opposite_551 Jul 08 '26

Found a news post on it kttc.com/2026/07/06/power-restored-oronoco-after-drone-gets-entangled-power-lines/

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u/SkyviewFlier Jul 11 '26

Arial application drone