And here’s the video of the quadcopter camera drone being shot down by the Turkish police in Taksim Square

June 16, 2013 Drones

David Cenciotti

As explained in the previous post that included footage recorded by the drone, on June 11. 2013, Turkish Police fired bullets and eventually downed a radiocontrolled flying camera quadcopter during the protests in Taksim square, Istanbul.

Here’s the video, taken from the ground of the small, low flying drone being hit by the police plastic bullets.

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David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

Jimmy says:

October 11, 2013 at 11:55 PM

Where do you guys buy these things? There are tons of sites I have been looking at but all have different prices, packages, etc. Daunting for a newbie like myself. In particular did you use http://quadcoptercameras.com ? They have the DJI Phantom for $479, well under the 800 you mentioned.