The shortest straw

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► AIRPLANE : AtomRC Penguin
► Radio system :
Radio system : RadioMaster TX16S bit.ly/2XuIEzz
Radio antenna : Frsky Zipp9 868MHZ bit.ly/3nEC2tb
868MHz transmitter : ExpressLRS Frsky R9M-2019 bit.ly/3cw2gMt
868MHz receiver : ExpressLRS GEPRC bit.ly/3uaTpZp
► FPV goggles : DJI Goggles v2
Lumenier AXII antennas (2 omni, 2 patches)

[@fpvwing]

Law of nature. Penguin should not be flying!

[@Olivier-C]

yep, it's like when kids ask "who who win a fight between a bear and tiger?". For a penguin versus an eagle, we all knew the answer, nobody ever bothered to ask :D

[@sylvainponchelet4188]

🤣🤣👌👌

[@will3377]

Epic footage and update. Amazing you were able to recover the Penguin and thank you for sharing.

[@marielizysurourcq]

"Don't have missiles anymore, switching to claws !" C'est pu Olivier FPV, c'est Olivier A PINCES

[@dronepilot260rc]

Enemy on your 6! Roll right! Roll right! (Contact lost) 😢

[@lililililililili8667]

There is a hawk that comes around and plays with my tinywhoop. At first he would try to dive on me but he stopped caring and lets me fly like 5 inches away from his face when he is perched now.

[@flyingrock6381]

Sorry for your loss Olivier! The Drak retreated very quickly! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Olivier-C]

True true, I (jokingly) complained to my friend he didn't film the rest of the fall with his front cam :)) But over time we've learned that best defense in such event is to run away flying horizontal or up, so I can't really blame him..

[@kaasmeester5903]

Poor guy. Thought he caught lunch, turned out to be an inedible RC plane.

[@shadowofchaosfpv4683]

We visit the sky. They live there! Fantastic footage!

[@forton615]

Sorry for the plane, but a cool story for later. And thanks for cleaning up the mess.

[@jwthomas73]

Thanks for sharing. Something happened with my swordfish in the air. Some parts separated in the air and I never found them. The main wreckage looked not unlike your penguin. I was thinking maybe it was a hawk but after seeing this I am certain Flight Lieutenant Hawk shot me down.

[@Olivier-C]

Could be, birds of prey almost always attack from behind and above, where the get a clear advantage, so it's not often you can see them on the front camera

[@CDWCAULDRON]

Merveilleux aigle royal 2 , Avions RC 0 bonne capture avec l'appareil photo

[@Olivier-C]

@@CDWCAULDRON vu comme on ramasse a chaque fois je pense que l'on peut compter comme au rugby, 7+7 points :)

[@CDWCAULDRON]

@@Olivier-C lol :)

[@bobeshoz]

glad you recovered it, but that was some adventure

[@edschultheis9537]

The hawk has proven that he is king of the mountain.

[@SumNumber]

That is some pretty amazing footage . The shots of the country side are great as well . Once in a lifetime ? :O)

[@pochtronvirelune25]

Peut être une leçon d'apprise sur cette zone a ne plus survoler pour eviter de perturber la faune qui y niche, belles images!

[@AerialWaviator]

Incredible video. Can see at 2:13 (in slow playback) when the hawk grabs the Penguin, it's forward motion is suddenly reversed. This despite the Penguin having full power and climbing. So quick! 😳

[@Olivier-C]

Yes I went full power when my friend told me but it was too late, the plane was caught. All it needed was like 1 extra second...

[@normundsdrznx]

Second time? Good that you recovered the plane!

[@Olivier-C]

Plus I've lost a Z84 flying few kilometers away from there, some years ago, also against an eagle. Never found it, despite 2 attempts at search and rescue

[@TA-td9gd]

What a adventure ! Great documentation...

[@cyberteque]

a couple years ago I saw a mating pair of black cockatoos rip a black EasyStar to pieces then they ripped the pieces to pieces as they fell out of the sky

[@ThomasDoubting5]

The introduction is hilarious and correct 😂

[@Super_Mario_Fpv]

Thing had twice the wingspan...jeeeeedz

[@Olivier-C]

An adult royal eagle can be almost 190cm and up to 6kg for a female. This one was rather young, 2 to 4 years according to the amount of white feather, so smaller, but yeah much bigger than 80cm for this small plane :)

[@paulbizard3493]

Intrusion into private space... What did you expect? LOL nice video.👍

[@danthemansmail]

It was almost worth it just to get that video of the eagle attack.

[@ericwright7570]

Incroyable et beau vidéo! Désolé pour votre Penguin. I have been enjoying watching your penguin videos and learning about your set up. I am ordering one today and am super excited about getting it flying. J’espère que vous avez acheté un autre Penguin.

[@Glenn.J]

Fabulous and very engaging video. Sorry for your loss, but yes all part of this hobby.

[@regi3.1]

Nice, penguin should have no Shame loosing to a majestic eagle. In the bargain u have some excellent footage. 😁

[@Slash7FPV]

Hope the eagle got no injuries. Cutting a claw on your propeller means a slow and painful starving death for him. It´s his sky, not yours, even if you had no chance to prevail the accident.

[@Olivier-C]

From the white feathers that's a 4-5 years old royal, his claws are fine

[@helmuthuneke1775]

get yourself a warbird😊... amazing video stunning footage of the Royal eagle❤❤

[@Urko76]

Amazing vídeo Olivier!!! You made sport to recover the plane.

[@metalfpv]

wow, perfect shot

[@TheMadmacs]

ah, it had a good life. stay safe up there.

[@tstrrtstrr745]

You need to go up full throttle if you see big birds. Boss bird always on top, prey is below

[@webreakforsquirrel4201]

What caused the plane to be uncontrollable? Seemed high enough to recover and pull out of the dive.

[@jparth167]

Impressionnant à tous les points de vue 😮 Sportif le fpv !

[@FlyingBuzzard]

That was Great, love my Birds of prey . Sorry for your loss but that was Great

[@fpvfliegercrasher5165]

Oh Olivier... you're the best friend of the eagles! What do you think about the penguin? Do you like it for mountain flying? Compared the your others? What is your engine setup?

[@Olivier-C]

Very good plane for the mountains, its decently stable for its small size, easy to carry on the backpack, very easy to launch and does not need much area to land. Motor setup is tmotrors velox v3 2306 1750kV. 4S LIIONS 21700 4000MAH. Gemfan flash 6x4.2

[@fpvfliegercrasher5165]

@@Olivier-C Stock ESC? What is your flight time? What distance can you reach with your DJI and ExpressLRS setup?

[@duaneheadworth6275]

You rescue was heroic! Sorry about the Air unit!

[@edwill62]

Simply Amazing Video . Big Thumbs Up, sorry for the loss of the aircraft, but the adventure appeared worth the cost

[@Olivier-C]

yes, was a nice trip, still feel it in the legs 3 days later :)

[@mr_batch]

Ooh, i feel pain...😢 But, that's it. R.I.P. Amazing Video, thx for that!

[@Tommyjames21]

J'ai kiffer la narration, l'opération sauvetage, l'excursion nocturne....vous etes des grands malades.....meme si on a fait pareil avec la swordfish d'un collègue il y a 15 jours a chercher pendant 1h30 dans la montagne...bon ok pas d'aigle ni de falaise a franchir... vraiment top video bravo! J'aurai bien aimé etre a vos côtés pour l'adrénaline !

[@Olivier-C]

Et vous l'avez trouvé ou pas ce swordfish !?

[@Tommyjames21]

@@Olivier-C oui, en mille morceaux, perte de signal vidéo, et malgré le gps face au sol on a réussi a reprendre les coordonnées....bilan frame hs, un moteur hs et caméra+nappe du vista hs, donc dans un moindre mal ca sauve les meubles !

[@Olivier-C]

@@Tommyjames21 ah dommage, bel avion ce swordfish j'adore le mien, mais c'est sur qu'il est fin et fragile, quand je vole en montagne je prie pour que rien ne l'attaque, il resisterait encore moins qu'un penguin...

[@Tommyjames21]

@@Olivier-C je suis bien d'accord, je me demande meme si finalement je le préfère a la dolphin !

[@Olivier-C]

@@Tommyjames21 perso je suis très surpris par sa stabilité dans les turbulences en montagne, à le voir on dirait qu'il va se casser en 2 à la première secousse mais non en fait il s'en tire très bien :) Et il fait quasi zero bruit, champion de la discrétion

[@autonoob]

I had to search for a quad only yesterday. It was a best case scenario. Big field of fairly shortcut grass, quad still powered, beeper on, vtx broadcasting (only static until I got close though) and I could kind of figure out the direction using telemetry lost/recovered messages. It was only about 150m away. Even when I was only 3m away from it I couldn’t see it. Took 45 min at least! So I can appreciate this amazing rescue :)

[@Olivier-C]

I guess you have a Betaflight quad with no GPS, maybe you could consider adding one ? Having GPS coordinates from the telemetry is so critical. I had the case once where I crashed a 5" quad in a mountain, no GPS, and could not hear the beeper because it was between 2 noisy torrents, took me forever to find it. Also the risk of the battery ejecting or going low, the VTX is pulling amps on a grounded quad, it won't broadcast for very long. Even worse with an O3 or any HD video system, it will quickly go into safety shutdown because of overheating...

[@autonoob]

@@Olivier-C good tip, thanks. I actually do have a gps. Didn’t know you could have gps coords in the telemetry. I put them up in the osd but haven’t got an sd card for the dvr 🙄 but I was only going to fly ”carefully” and not crash. Ironically I was testing return to home at the moment it crashed. I think the battery couldn’t keep up with the full throttle commanded, it started going nuts and I might have disarmed it instinctively when it hit the flight ceiling. But no footage so can’t know for sure :/ Every dam solution causes a new problem with these things.

[@Olivier-C]

@@autonoob depending on your radio, if it has a screen, it will display the last known GPS position received by telemetry, so you don't even need to see the DVR. That's how I find all my aircrafts, this plus a good beeper. And the DVR. Better to have 3 safeties than 1 !

[@autonoob]

@@Olivier-C thanks yeah I found it after you said. Kind of gave up on telemetry after trying to get it to work on my th2. But know I’m on elrs and everythings working fine.

[@jeffmcclain]

Wow! Crazy video! I'm very sorry you lost your DJI O3 unit. :(

[@neaguimobiliareevaluaripit9878]

I want to order a kit but dont know wich: Penguin or Swordfish. You have/had both of them. Is Penguin as stable and efficient as Swordfish? I want a plane that does not shakes and wobbles a lot...thank you!

[@Olivier-C]

Penguin has a smaller wingspan but it has really large/deep wings so in the end I find they can carry about the same payload. The swordfish is way more elegant, and more fragile with his thin wings. But in the end they fly quite similar in my opinion. Penguin is really compact, easy to bring with you on a backpack etc

[@dischznohr]

Ouch :( But good recovery, at least you got the action cams back and most of the electronics. Luckily where I fly there are only smaller hawks and buzzards and they usually ignore my wings or even avoid them.

[@Olivier-C]

Royal eagles are the only bullies around here, every other birds simply ignores us. The swallows and swifts are even sometime playing with the planes

[@circleofowls]

@@Olivier-C Haha, I've had swallows and swifts chasing my smaller 3" quads, it's hilarious to watch. I had a brief encounter with a hawk but it was just curious and didn't care for me trying to follow it. The damage to your plane sucks but you got some really incredible footage, thanks for sharing!

[@RubyS.1]

Same thing happened to me same plane too accept the bird was a rough leg hawk. My 3rd bird attack

[@KriegerKrieg]

beautifull mountains

[@icp-trek]

When I fly and see a raptor I turn back, fast. If you are lucky to see it before it attacks.

[@tadroid3858]

Awesome video! Thanks.

[@bdanyluk]

Does nobody else see the pube stuck to the camera in the top right ???

[@Olivier-C]

Its the GPS track for the flight !

[@ayoaina_fpv]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jurives]

La notif qui fait plaisir.... Énorme encore une fois

[@Rcschim]

You're a mountain goat, aren't you? Awesome rescue efforts! So sorry that you couldn't get your o3 back (the main reason why I would rescue that plane). Amazing views and can't believe that you even got the attack from your friends perspective as well. Those animals clearly show they have air superiority, don't know how large of a plane or copter you need to stand a chance ;) The climbing and rescue attempt was really scary as well. Greets, Mario

[@Olivier-C]

I suspected the vertical dive sealed the fate of the front camera, but I knew I had the rear camera ! About size, the royals are known to chase away vultures who can be as large as 2.7 meters and twice their weight, so I don't think anything scares them, proper apex predator :)

[@Rcschim]

@@Olivier-C yes, these birds are awesome. Next time: the moment your wingman warns you about the attack: make a loop. That makes the bird confused and maybe you can get away.

[@Olivier-C]

@@Rcschim I went full throttle and full pull when he told me but the bird was like 1 meter behind, so too late

[@Olivier-C]

@@Rcschim we never see them coming, always from behind and above

[@EnglishTurbines]

Eagle 1....Penguin....0 At least the weather is epic though, and the scenary of course...🤔😀😏😏🇬🇧

[@voldelurubu619]

Excellent!

[@SkyBaum]

Sick video!

[@Zookeeper.]

*KO!* *Eagle* *_WIN!_* Dommage pour le Penguin - un coup de cyano et deux bouts de scotch et ça repart ?

[@Antipodean33]

You need to give the plane a tougher name, something like the Golden Eagle, Penguin is to woosy and anyway penguins don't fly

[@MPQuads237]

Oh shit. That was wild. What an adventure to retrieve it.👍

[@kovyfra5987]

Joli 👍 Jeune Aigle Royal dans sa 1ere année d'après le plumage. Ils sont joueur à cet âge 😉

[@Olivier-C]

Jusqu'a 5 ans les plumes blanches ! Oui entre 3 et 4 ans je dirais, plutot 4 vu la taille... quasi le double de l'avion qui fait 85cm

[@RollnHeavyKevy]

Maybe try adding a rear view mirror. Might be able to see those pesky birds before it's too late? Thank you for the video.

[@franckcfpv1295]

Même si tu as été prévenu, ça doit faire bizarre de sentir l'aigle attraper l'appareil! vidéo toujours au top!🤩🤩 Il me fait envie ton avion pour changer du drone fpv!🙂🙂

[@Olivier-C]

Très bon avion ce penguin, c'est ce qui se rapproche le plus d'un quad 5" niveau maniabilité, celui la il a même volé sous des forets de noyers...

[@MykeHawke-r9r]

Absolutely

[@bladeystudio]

Awesome clips. Did the air unit survive.

[@Olivier-C]

Nope, it went down a cliff, not found, it now lives with the rocks at altitude 2200m :)

[@flyingdutchmanfpv]

Great video to bad about the plane... but glad to see the eagle came out of it without injury.

[@mr-huggy]

Were the eagles dare and often win.

[@Olivier-C]

Not often, always :)

[@lukemaney645]

Eagle 1, drone 0 😂

[@gosurc1860]

Wow. What motors are you running on your penguin?

[@Olivier-C]

Tmotors Velox v3 2306 1750kV

[@gosurc1860]

@@Olivier-C I have two spare t-motor 2408 f80 pro 2200kv. You think too big?

[@Olivier-C]

@@gosurc1860 Seem a bit large to me, but why not :)

[@Stefan_Kawalec]

We should be thankful that eagles are the size they are. If they were bigger, there would be no human aircraft industry :)

[@skypilot23]

2 hawks mugged me`- i barely got away without damage or bird injury what a shame you lost your dji

[@ftemaximal]

mayday bro

[@ayoaina_fpv]

Wow! That looked like quite a dangerous trek up and down those rocks! Well done for persevering 👍👏 Just wondering; why didn’t one of your mates go with you? 😂

[@andrewmagro7703]

perhaps they where like F___k That !!

[@Olivier-C]

We were already split into 2 groups of 3, didn't want to spread ourselves any more, and there was no point in being more than one for the rescue, also that was already a long walk so... plus they were watching me from far away, with some fancy stabilized binoculars :)

[@ghoward6797]

Keep your eyes out for my F-15 will you.... thanks in advance lol

[@VladTepes44]

Le Penguin a l'air à peu près réparable, dommage pour l'O3. Merci en tout cas pour ces belles images

[@Arturikc]

Да, хобби такое

[@hoagietime1]

Fly eagles fly, on the wings of victory. GO BIRDS! Sorry American football joke.

[@The-GreenHornet]

Good 👍 for the eagle

[@MauroS]

how did you find it? did you put a gps tracker inside?

[@Olivier-C]

It has a GPS connected to the flight controller, that sends the coordinates with telemetry, then if it's down the screen on the radio tells the last know location. Then you enter the GPS into your phone and you walk :)

[@MauroS]

@@Olivier-C good but not perfect. I always put a small GPS tracker with SIM card inside my planes. When it's down, I send an SMS to the tracker and it replies with the exact coordinates. But I don't know if there is a phone signal where you fly.

[@Olivier-C]

As you guessed, there's no signal in the mountains, 95% of the time. But in valleys I agree a tracker makes sense, cannot have to many safeties

[@GerrituitDenHaag]

Ah, that’s to bad!

[@Olivier-C]

Part of the hobby, part of the fun :)

[@sylvainponchelet4188]

bon si maintenant il faut qu'ont monte des tourelles avec des gun de paintball ou à billes ça vas devenir compliqué 🤣🤣 Non bon sérieusement il est chez lui notre ami le rapace donc l'intrus c'est nous , je dis nous par ce que chez nous en Bretagne c'est les buses ou les mouettes qui défendent férocement leurs territoires RIP ma Z84 descendue par une mouette rieuse particulièrement énervée au niveau de la baie de Douarnenez !!! Il faut juste se renseigner au près de la LPO pour connaitre les périodes et les lieux de nidification histoire d'éviter certaines zones à certaines périodes . J'en arrive à me dire que la pose de "cerclages" autour des hélices ( avec des formes aérodynamiques) pourrait être une bonne chose que l'ont soient sûre de ne pas blesser les oiseaux une 12/6 qui tourne à 20000 tours ça fait des dégâts . 🤕 Attention je sais que toi et tes copains êtes respectueux et responsables mais tu sais bien qu'avec les réseaux tout et n'importe quoi serra dis .🤬😈 Dans tous les cas encore un magnifique paysage , bon là ont à pas bien vus 1,40m pour admirer le paysage c'est court 😆😂merci à toute la bande et respect pour ton courage moi la falaise j'aurais pas osé 😵‍💫 mon truc c'est la mer et les bateaux alors la montagne 🥵😱😰 de tout cœur avec toi pour la perte du VTX enfin t'as sauvé le reste moi ma Z84 vogue quelque part en mer d'Iroise perte totale 🤑

[@chauvusfpv43]

Sacrée séance de "Fpv basket". Un pingouin vs un aigle, le combat était joué d avance... Dommage pour la perte du module dji😢

[@Olivier-C]

"Le papa pingouin, le papa pingouin s'ennuie sur sa banquiiiiise..." 🎶🎵Il voulait découvrir le monde

[@chauvusfpv43]

@@Olivier-C 🤣🤣🤣

[@patricehonvault2612]

Qui a dit que le modélisme ce n'est pas du sport !😅

[@will7its]

Um......where is this???

[@Olivier-C]

South eastern France, Alps mountains, near the city of Grenoble

[@will7its]

@@Olivier-C Beautiful country.....Thanks.

[@EdwardChew]

Damn eagle! What's that big white plane at the end of the video?

[@Olivier-C]

Dragon 2

[@virongreene5146]

Eject! Eject! Eject!

[@stefano8936]

cause you lost formation bro

[@Mazafaka77]

Снова русские?🤔