How Not To Land A Quadcopter

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Channel: Ben Scholz · 2014 · Science & Technology

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A few minutes into the flight the low voltage alarm began to sound, trying to bring it back to the ground, I dropped it too fast and tried to cushion it's decent with a quick blast of the throttle but there wasn't enough battery power and it spun into a tree. Given the solid concrete and rocks around it probably couldn't have gone much better!

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