Stupid, dangerous or what!

[Opto-Mystic]

I couldn';t believe someone would actually fly a UAV in a crowded mall like this:
He is lucky not to have hit any one!

phuket crash on Vimeo

[DarkButterfly]

Why would anyone think this is a good idea?

What a complete bell end

[Rafter]

I';ve left an appropriate comment on vimeo.  Why don';t we leave some more and let him know what responsible flyers think?

[DarkButterfly]

I think the video has been taken down

[Opto-Mystic]

I left a comment of irresponsibility. With other negative coments, he is probably ashamed of showing his stupidity.

For those who didn';t get to see it, the guy takes off, at night, from the steps of a hotel. Flies the FPV equipped Phantom along the street into a very narrow covered mall ... at one time at high speed... Then things go wrong as he flies backwards... He hits part of the roofing structures, causing the phantom to exit flying mode into ';I am a brick with 4 flailing scythes'; mode, and hits the ground, apparently without hitting anyone!

[Ross]

 

Was he a UK idiot?

[Rafter]

It was filmed I think in Phuket, which just about sums up my feelings for the guy!

[Ross]

It was filmed I think in Phuket, which just about sums up my feelings for the guy!

Ta!  IF I had looked closer I would have seen the ref to Phuket on the original post!!

[JAB1a]

Oh dear sounds horrific... I missed it but glad its now gone from the cached thumbnail it looks TOO close...

[DarkButterfly]

It went through the mall above everyone';s head, then got to an outside area, climbed above the roof tops, before coming down and almost hitting someone in the face on the way back through the mall, then climbing a bit, loosing orientation and clipping the roof structure.... end result... crash, but luckily nobody was hit.

[Opto-Mystic]

This is one of his other vids. Hmmmm ?

https://vimeo.com/87746691

[Ross]

His taste in music for the video is crap as well as his judgement of safety.  Glad he';s out in the Far East  and not the UKl!!

[nub]

aye some n00b with GPS is going to ruin it all for us, you wouldn';t see 1/2 the dodgy video';s you do if they had fly in manual cos most of them wouldn';t get off the ground

idiots.

[guest2350]

you can`t really say a noob is going to ruin it, any "idiot" can ruin it. noobs have to start somewhere, maybe with GPS but certainly not in a crowded mall!

[nub]

aye true i suppose but it will more than likely be some sort of fly away that will cause serious injury to someone at some point IMHO.

[flybywire]

Hm, looks like vimeo';s going to the dogs...