Parrot ANAFI Unusual Crash

rsjVERG · Oct 9, 2023

wesley1 said:
When I recovered it the propellers were indeed damaged two snapped off and all the others were bent.

I think your crash may have been caused by a bird strike. At about 1:27+ in you video you can see a hawk swoop down out ahead and then swing up past your drone. That's just a bit before the drone starts being jostled about.

At about 2:35 you can see something appear to the left for a couple frames. This may be the bird. It is definitely very close to the lens.

That's my 2 cents.

wesley1 · Oct 10, 2023

ParrotAnafiFan said:
5ghz or 2.4ghz?

I believe it was on channel 6 which is in the 2.4 GHz frequency. I could be wrong though because it was on auto-channel selection.

wesley1 · Oct 10, 2023

rsjVERG said:
I think your crash may have been caused by a bird strike. At about 1:27+ in you video you can see a hawk swoop down out ahead and then swing up past your drone. That's just a bit before the drone starts being jostled about.View attachment 6329

At about 2:35 you can see something appear to the left for a couple frames. This may be the bird. It is definitely very close to the lens.

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That's my 2 cents.

Wouldn't there be scratch marks on the drone if this happened though?

ParrotAnafiFan · Oct 10, 2023

Yeah not a bird attack, hawks and other birds of prey have never bothered mine on all of my flights. They and other birds are superior fliers and know what they are doing. Some will get close or fly by for curiosity.

Skydreamer · Oct 10, 2023

rsjVERG said:
I think your crash may have been caused by a bird strike. At about 1:27+ in you video you can see a hawk swoop down out ahead and then swing up past your drone. That's just a bit before the drone starts being jostled about.View attachment 6329

At about 2:35 you can see something appear to the left for a couple frames. This may be the bird. It is definitely very close to the lens.

View attachment 6330

That's my 2 cents.

wow,that was good….good eyes

ParrotAnafiFan · Oct 10, 2023

When you stop and hover, they always do the circle thing. Nothing new.

rsjVERG · Oct 11, 2023

ParrotAnafiFan said:
Yeah not a bird attack, hawks and other birds of prey have never bothered mine on all of my flights. They and other birds are superior fliers and know what they are doing. Some will get close or fly by for curiosity.

A quick Google search found this: