Impressive video of Phantom collision with aircraft wing

[Bryan D]

Hi everyone,

Just came by this video of a university experiment.

The wing gets literally torn by the quad. The wing seems to be that of a small aircraft. I wonder if similar damages could be achieved on a commercial airliner, which would be pretty scary... I like the recommendation of making the drones more easy to break... Not necessarily what I want to pay for as a customer but if there are safety implications...

 

[AeroJ]

There's 'some problems' with that test. See drone DJ article (and comments) for some analysis.

 

[dirkclod]

Drone vs. aircraft wing testing