Its Spring and the magpies become more aggressive than normal. This magpie was fine with people walking and sleeping under it but goes terminator on my quadcopter.
Watch this video to the end as it gets more interesting! Playing dead just makes things worse. At the end of the video the quadcopter is upside down and the camera shakes around. That isn’t me, its the magpie biting a propeller guard and trying to break it with a violent shake.
Amazingly this quad is able to take a beating and self stabilize. Not bad for a toy quadcopter.
I decided to cut the flight short as the wind was quite strong [see the water fountain at the beginning of the video], plus the trees were getting close and the bird attacks were getting bad.
To see how easy it is to lose and destroy a quad see my other videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN-MCLn8qws
Wind speed = 32-41km/h (20-25 mi/h).
The bird is an Australian magpie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_magpie
The Syma X5C is unmodified and has all the propeller guards and landing protector installed. Flying with 100% battery charge and in High speed mode.
Standard disclaimer: Do not try this at home. New and inexperienced flyers should avoid strong wind. Ensure plenty of landing area. Avoid flying near obstacles such as trees, water, people and angry birds.
No animals or quadcopters were harmed in the making of this video.
is this the original camera?
Yes. Its the original camera though I used a faster SD memory card. The
Syma X5C is stock standard with no modifications to the camera angle.
Cool Vid:)
0:42 – I’ve seen black lines…whats that?Is it normal?
+Bang Baco Could be another conspiracy. hahaahah
Kk thanks bro
The black lines actually come from the propellers blocking the sun
intermittently. The camera uses a CMOS sensor, which scans vertically,
creating the lines. A CCD camera wouldn’t have the lines.
+Mumbles the same sort of bird atacked my x5c please
The black lines are produced by the onboard camera. Its only a problem
when flying in strong wind but you won’t see any black lines if flying
indoors. Yes, its normal for me because I enjoy to fly dangerously
in gusty strong winds at high altitude.
My guess, its because the camera uses the same power as the quadcopter. If
the quadcopter gets unstable due to gusty wind it draws a lot of power to
help it get out of trouble.
This quadrocopter hurt, or not? ps I am very sorry for it. (Google
translate)
Thank you. The quadcopter is perfectly ok. The bird didn’t break
anything. I haven’t been uploading new videos because I’m having fun
learning to do tricks which means I have to take off the onboard camera.
Awesome video! How many metres can this drone fly? :)
Most days I can fly it to 100 metres with a few temporary dropouts. I
uploaded to YouTube a high altitute video:
On its best day, this transmitter can reach as far as 150 metres with lots
of scary signal dropouts.
I recommend most pilots stay below 50 metres as there are no signal
dropouts and the quadcopter is still large enough to see.
If you fly too far the quadcopter becomes too small to see. Secondly,
if the wind picks up and carries your quadcopter out of signal range then
there is no way to regain control.
Magpie 1 Quad 0
Where is that ?
Orlando?
Not in my sky bitch! This airspace is spoken for! lol that sucked but was
funny. Hope it was damaged too badly.
Lolzzz….The Angry Birds thought it was too noisy and ugly so let’s attack
and crash it down. And I totally agree with them :)
Thats funny , thanks
Haha I will sub to u because I find your YouTube name and picture funny and
also keep making videos. :)
That’s sick! Lol
My x5c flew away and never can find it
Anyway great footage
o man thats awesome ..thats one bas ass bird he at playing LOL. do u know
what kind of bird it was?
Best part was watching the magpie strut around in the grass.
Achtung ))))
which city is it? orlando, florida?
fuck that bird lol
this camera comes in standard with the Syma X5C ? is it a 2MB camera?
+udokfbdopdbsp It’s a 2MP camera, which is the cameras still picture
resolution. It’s similar to some of the low-end smartphones sold today. For
video recording, the camera records in 720p (1280 x 720 pixels) which is
probably the resolution most people watch their YouTube videos in. Sadly,
the camera is directly fixed to the quadcopter, without a gimbal which
makes it very shaky.
The battle for the sky is seriously intense.
Epic!
How many people can recognise the location/city? I did
+AustralienGuy Canberra Australia was my guess
Have you need used the Syma x8c if so how good is it
The bird was probably trying to mate with the drone. Imagine its offspring!
HOLY CRAAAAP, this is pure epicness!!! thanks for this video :’D
Had a hawk attack mine yesterday.Had a lot of fun after the first attack.
This thing can way out maneuver a hawk. Had about 5 minutes of fun until
the battery ran out, Hawk never gave up,
wooooooooow!
Cool footage,can’t wait to get my drone
Angry Bird Gone Wild! ;)
Duh Helllllo Mudda Fuka 😉 Bic Boy
+Yannik A like a somboooooooody!
Bird -1, Quadcopter – 0
that is why propellers should be made from thin sharp aluminium
Faaaake
Take it down fast if you see birds attacking it. They’re most likely doing
it to protect their nest and they can easily be injured attacking the quad.
If that happens they can’t take care of their young anymore and little ones
will starve to death.
First!
How the hell does this have so many views and no comments? Crazy!
Is the X5C or the X5C-1?
+TheFanguy123 The one in my video is an X5C not the X5C-1.
I see the magpie helped with the flight time lol, other thing is range
sucks on these quads, go too high and watch it fall in spite of what you do
to correct it.
+Mumbles I just hacked my antenna, gets a lot better range just by making
that stupid little wire longer, caution, you need to know how to solder
before attempting this.
+Anthony Eaglebarger I agree about the range. I’ve uploaded more videos
showing how I nearly lost this quadcopter due to flying out of range. A tip
for increasing the range is to learn how to hold the transmitter at the
correct angle. I point my remote backwards towards my head.
Ahah!!!
This is funny. The quadcopter is invading his or hers aerial space. May she
got a nest and this noisy thing could be a threat to her.
i bought a drone, i live near sea my drone is attacked three times in
2days. is it normal?
+TEJA REDDY There’s no simple answer. Primarily it depends on what are the
most common species of birds in your area. Predatory birds become even more
territorial during Spring where they have a nest and + eggs to protect.
Australian magpies are one of the most common birds in our area and they
are REALLY bad ass and will beat up other birds for the fun of it.
Try different locations. The X5C is such a portable toy quadcopter that you
can pack it in a backpack and take anywhere. If you are limited to one
location then I recommend befriending the bird such as feeding it (thing of
it like feeding a duck or pigeon). I’ve also noticed that birds tend to
attack things that move slowly but rarely attack fast moving stuff like
stunt kites and fast stunt quadcopters.
is that in Canberra? kinda looks like it. and that’s definitely an
Australian magpie
+AyZeD It sure is. I’m glad my videos quality is good enough to pick out
the details.
Canberra?
+geodangleon Yes.
hey now that is a cool vid
+thomas dawe Thanks! I think the video is now YouTube’s #1 search result
for “Bird attack on quadcopter”.
How rude…