Eagly did understand that they wanted him to drop the helmet on the barn. What he didn't understand is that the targeted "cow" was not a farm cow. Eagly's move was on purpose to avoid harming a friendly cow.
I love it when there’s heroic music in the background Eagly flies to the barn with the sonic boom helmet but then it stops when he takes in the wrong way and drops it in the forest. So hilarious. 😂