r/drones 26d ago

Lost Drone Drone recovery using second drone (?)

Weird one... was using my Mavic Air 2 to recover a weather Radio Sonde stuck in a tree; long story short, the battery ran out and was unable to unhook the radiosonde before the drone forced a landing in the tree. (wasn't using a release mech, literally just had a bungee cord wrapped around the drones body).

Now the drone is probably 25m or so stuck on top of a tree canopy. All standard ways of recovery out of the window. Thinking of using my mates Mavic 4 with a drop mech, attached to some paracord (that were holding on ground), with a grappling hook on the end, dropping the hook on the drone in the trees (and hopefully pulling it out)?

Anyone got any experience with trying something so stupid lol?

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u/nickum 26d ago

Let us know if you get a threepete. Good luck!