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Drone Pilot Flies UNDER a Train and the Drone Survives

September 22, 2017 By Eric Reagan

This guy is a better drone pilot than you.

In this seamless flight, drone pilot Paul Nurkkala toys with a passing train by performing a variety of stunts around, and even under, the train.

I’ll be honest; I get sucked into the drone racing shows on TV. Personally, I have to worry about hitting a tree in an open field, but this is just next level stuff.

Yes, he probably broke a dozen or so laws in the process, and scared one train conductor for sure, but it was an incredible moment when he passed under the train between the tracks and the bottom of the train car. While it looked like he knicked the edge of the train car, his drone lived to tell about it.

Kudos for the incredible flight, and don’t try this at home folks!

[via PetaPixel]

Filed Under: Drones Tagged With: drone, drones, FPV

 

Comments

  1. steve milner says

    September 23, 2017 at 8:53 am

    It is actions like this that will lead to evermore strict guidelines maybe even the banning of drones. Blatant disregard for the rules. So not the best pilot, I would say one of the worst

  2. Tim L says

    September 25, 2017 at 12:52 am

    I totally missed the under-the-train trick on my first viewing. I was impressed by the brief visit inside one of the box cars.

    • Eric Reagan says

      September 25, 2017 at 10:28 pm

      Right?!? Just crazy skills…

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