Guy barely saves drone from watery grave, and it's truly impressive

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Brian Koerber
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Guy barely saves drone from watery grave, and it's truly impressive
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When a drone's battery dies mid-flight, most models will slowly descend to safety instead of crashing. Unfortunately, that doesn't really help if the drone is above a body of water when the battery goes.

YouTuber DaveSvorking experienced this very scenario recently. But instead of witnessing his precious flying machine die a watery death, he jumped right into the lake -- shoes and all. In the process he scared a bunch of ducks and geese, but he managed to save his drone just moments before it hit the water.

Good job, Dave.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.


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