Thank you for the reply. I actually googled "drone stuck in tree" and that plan of getting a line around the branch and shaking it was noted. I was gonna try it - I found a padlock I had laying around to use as a weight and grabbed a couple of skeins of light paracord that I was going to use but as I surveyed the location of the drone and did an honest self-inventory I realized there was no way I was going to physically be able to do that. See, it took a couple of days of looking, with binoculars, to actually find where the drone is in the tree. It's in a higher branch than I thought (closer to 50 feet) and that branch is directly above a larger branch, so it would take sone hella skill to toss the weighted line where it needs to go. I will say that I've come down from my initial emotionally charged reaction - found my Zen, found my center, aligned my chakras, whatever. The problem is that when - like me - you already think that things are going to go FUBAR and then they actually do, your brain is like, "I told you so, you idiot!" Also, since I'm a reclusive misanthrope I tend to anthropomorphize my devices, especially those that have some degree of autonomous function like a drone. If I had one of those robot vacuums I'd name it and thank it verbally for cleaning my floors. So, yes, I felt bad for the drone, being stuck up there in that stupid tree. Silly, I know. But, I've calmed down and come to some degree of acceptance - isn't that the final stage of grief? LOL. The drone will come down eventually, it's at the tip of the branch and we do get wind out here, luckily the predominant winds in this area blow towards my yard so if/when it gets blown out the tree it should land in my yard. Matter of fact, it's getting kind of breezy today, so we'll see what happens. Hopefully, the wind won't be accompanied by rain (can you dry out a drone that's been rained on?).
Okay, that was my original reply that I was going to post, now to update the update, I recently went outside to smoke a cigarette, and hot dang sumbitch, wouldn't ya know it, the drone was laying in my front yard. The wind came through for me and it never started raining so she didn't even get wet. Unsurprisingly the battery had popped out when she hit and it took a few minutes of searching to find it, but I did. More importantly, the drone was intact! I don't know what it's innards are looking like, but there's no external damage. The rotor blades are dirty, I guess it landed sideways or upside down, but that's it. Even if it doesn't work I still feel a sense of satisfaction at getting it back. I will clean the rotors, put a fresh battery in and see if it works and will make one more post to advise on that. Again, thanks to you for the response and the suggestion.
P.S. Even if it does work I will probably never fly the drone again after this emotional trauma! LOL
