Army drone found.... 600 miles away!

[trint99]

Army "Shadow" drone loses contact and flies from Arizona's southern border all the way to Colorado, crashing in the front range west of Denver.

Questions hover over Army drone’s 630-mile odyssey across western US

This article is shorter, but has crash site pics.
Questions hover over Army drone’s 630-mile odyssey across western US

Pretty amazing that that thing crossed the Rocky Mountains autonomously!!

 

[Bunny Too]

Wow, just wow.

 

[IADRN43]

" but, but... it was supposed to return to home if there were any problems"
-Pvt Pyle

 

[vashon100]

Fortunately they paid the $5 and were able to trace it back to the owner.

 

[rydfree]

"The aircraft operates by using a line-of-sight radio communication link with a ground control station"

"The 77-mile range is the limit of the ground control station’s link with the aircraft."

Where is that link to the hi-gain antenna mod ? Someone needs to send it to them .

 

[AnzacJack]

This is not an isolated incident. I think some would be amazed at how many military drones have disappeared or crashed

 

[Robbyg]

This is not an isolated incident. I think some would be amazed at how many military drones have disappeared or crashed

Oh Yeah !!!
They have a show on Netflix that talks about the horrendous amount of drones that have crashed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pilots say that unlike normal aircraft they cannot feel when a vibration or small problem is starting to happen, so they keep on flying and then something just snaps and the drone is spiraling downward. Another civilian guy said if the public had any idea of the loss ratios that they would be in real problems with funding.

 

[CaveDrone]

Army "Shadow" drone loses contact and flies from Arizona's southern border all the way to Colorado, crashing in the front range west of Denver.

Questions hover over Army drone’s 630-mile odyssey across western US

This article is shorter, but has crash site pics.
Questions hover over Army drone’s 630-mile odyssey across western US

Pretty amazing that that thing crossed the Rocky Mountains autonomously!!

Was that beyond VLOS?