Originally Posted by
chopjock
DroneDog
So about ten seconds to decide which way to go? So let's say he decided wrong and went closer to the beach? ...
The operator not only saw the helicopter, he was panning left and right framing his shot to catch it, drones can drop in altitude very quickly and recover just as quickly.
He cold have performed an emergency descent, throttling back the engines, the thing will fall like a stone before throttling up at a safe altitude.