Drone is hit by LIGHTNING in a lab experiment

It is a shocking experiment - and a warning for drone owners around the world to keep an eye on the weather. Tom Scott from the hit YouTube channel Amazing Places and Things You Might Not Know visited the High Voltage Laboratory at the University of Manchester to sacrifice a quadcopter. Scroll down for video The experiment saw two DJI Phantom 3 drones gets hit with an electrical impulse of 1.4MV at the High Voltage Laboratory at the University of Manchester. 'The High Voltage Laboratory is a hotbed for high-voltage research, so when YouTuber Tom Scott decided to pay us a visit, we just couldn't resist carrying out some of our own electrifying tests,' the University said. 'At the University of Manchester's High Voltage Laboratory, we see what happens when a DJI Phantom 3 drone gets hit with an electrical impulse of 1.4MV - basically, a lightning strike.