No MacGyverisms come to mind. They are what they are, on the fly improvisations, for tv action entertainment …. and you gotta give them some slackened wiggle room for that.
However,,,,,,
that whole golden eagle pursuit scene in Eagles was a bit over the top. Ironically, you really would need a stealth Mac-ism to pull something like that off …. but, instead, they were kind of passing it off, with stock photography, as Mac's 7th sense of being one with nature combined with his hang gliding skills. I still liked the episode, the plot, and the overall anti-poaching message but wasn't drinking the whole "flight buddy" thing.
Incidentally, I've been in the vicinity of eagles, hawks, and vultures with drones and they are just so wary and flight defensive of anything even remotely within their airspace. A drone is no slouch in the aerodynamics department, but is like a boy amongst men in comparison to the flight skills of these larger birds of prey.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
Whether you think you can or you can't .... you're probably right!
"Nature often addressed our problems much better than the doctor." - Henry Miller
"So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry." - Jack Kerouac
"No one is remembered for being normal" -- Albert Einstein