So a good friend of mine was flying his Black Spider Hexacopter at our flying field and was getting some amazing video of planes with his Gopro. A model was brought out of retirement that day a 36 inch Wingspan "mini" version of a Goldberg Skylark powered by a Norvel .061 engine.
This was a really enjoyable airplane to fly. Both the pilots of the Skylark and the Blackout were flying together and even a twin "sister" of the Skylark a mini version of a Goldberg Falcon was also flying.
In the long run, the Blackout pilot was putting his aircraft in position for the Skylark to do a flyby, however, the Skylark made it to position first and they ending up colliding. The best part of this is that it is all caught on video!! Check it out here:
**Be sure to click the gear and watch in 720P HD**
The Blackout Spider Hex lived, nothing on it was damaged, except for the leading edge balsa piece that was stuck in it!. The Goldberg Skylark will be rebuilt eventually to fly another day.
I am just sharing this so people can enjoy the video, it was friends having fun, the two pilots are still friends and there are no hard feelings. People in our club love to make air to air videos and once in a while something bad but very interesting to watch comes of it. Remember as "Devin Supertramp" says "It's all about the shot"
Now for even more details before people call this a drone crash. The Blackout hex was actively being piloted, it was not in any form of autonomous flight. The Blackout Hex Pilot was flying FPV, with a spotter over a field, no people were around just three pilots and a spotter. No one was injured as a result of this. All aircraft were well below 300 feet.
Watch the video for your enjoyment. Also shows how good these Blackout mini multi-rotors are!
Thank you for reading!!!