That happens to us when we fly our drones at work.
The eagles started attacking the drones, then realised the blades were sharp so now they fly underneath and hit them from below. A good size wedgetail eagle will f**k up a DJI M210 no bother. It’s become a problem now because those drones are not cheap ($15kAUD) so now we have to have a spotter to watch out for rogue birds.
What’s also clever about wedgetail eagles is that they’ve figured out that they can stop the autonomous haul trucks by flying onto the haul roads and just hanging out. The lidar on the trucks picks them up and they grind to a halt. The dingoes have figured out the same too. Nobody predicted that with the new autonomous setup.
Posted By: I Am Hoot on August 3rd 2019 at 08:31:08
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- Just been attacked by a eagle, lads 👍 (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 3, 08:06:55
- Eddie? (n/m) (General Chat) - revsimon, Aug 3, 11:20:14
- Was it Atalanta Falcon? 🦅 🏈 (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Aug 3, 09:55:47
- Videos here. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 3, 08:52:36
- m8,it's no Blair Witch but I know a film producer if you can add some gore and suspense (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 3, 10:03:47
- Yeah that’s a buzzard. Eagle FFS 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 3, 09:42:44
- If they're big with sharp bits, they're an eagle. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 3, 09:43:58
- Crikey! Lovely place to run though! (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Aug 3, 09:06:48
- Oh it's beautiful up here. That's Wharncliffe Woods, about five mins drive from my house (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 3, 09:13:22
- What a savage! (n/m) (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Aug 3, 08:56:40
- That happens to us when we fly our drones at work. (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Aug 3, 08:31:08
- that's brilliant (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 3, 08:40:17
- Yeah it’s pretty amusing to watch an 800 tonne truck grind to a halt cos of an eagle. (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Aug 3, 08:55:24
- About time the animals fought back. (General Chat) - APB, Aug 3, 08:32:50
- that's brilliant (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 3, 08:40:17
- Could have been this inquisitive chap... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Aug 3, 08:25:00
- Eagles have been attacking baldies since the death of Aeschylus (General Chat) - Old Git, Aug 3, 08:19:37
- Where AB'S dare. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Aug 3, 08:08:23
- Could have been Kestrel. Super strength obvs. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 3, 08:08:05
- ✅ (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 3, 08:16:27
- Unless you were running in Scotland... (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Aug 3, 08:08:03
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