"Swarm Test Session"

Phantom Force Archival Footage - "Swarm Test Session".

Here at Phantom Force we take our work seriously & a lot of planning, preparation, & testing goes into our missions. Here is archival footage of one such test flight.

This is a 4-bird, 34,035',fully autonomous, Litchi mission over the Patapsco river. It begins at Fort Armistead, passes the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge, then passes over Sparrow's Point.

We have Drone Nerd on point, Captain Rick riding shotgun, DroneViews in the #3 slot, & Dirty Bird as tail gunner. The flight consists of a pair of P3 Professionals in front with two P3 Advanced bringing up the rear. DroneViews P3A "Phoenix" is sporting an experimental 4.4 oz Kevlar condom for safe flight over Baltimore's dangerous skies.

The mission began fine with "Phoenix" being a tad slow out of the gate due to increased weight. Things proceeded normally until we turned towards home when Captain Rick's P3P "White Wizard" inexplicably slowed. This forced DroneViews to react & check up. At the same time Dirty Bird's P3A "Poop Chute" poured on the coal, blowing past the entire squadron in rapid succession. All birds returned safely.

This, as they say, is why we test....