Small drones do not handle wind very well

Footage of a man attempting to fly a small, toy drone outdoors and quickly discovering it does not handle wind very well.

The video, filmed in Canada yesterday, shows the drone taking off but it doesn't get very far before the wind takes a hold of it and sends the UAV plummeting back down to earth into a river.

The filmer later wrote online: "I purchased a very cheap toy drone at a toy store.

"It handled really well indoors, so I attached a camera to it, and tried to fly it outdoors."

"Turns out it was a little too windy, and once it took off, the wind picked it up, it flew off, motors seemed to shut down, and it crashed into a river," he continued.

"I managed to retrieve the drone, and after drying it with a blow-dryer for 30 minutes, it actually still works perfectly."