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A video produced by the University of Dayton Research Institute shows in alarming detail what happens when a drone collides with a plane. | Fox News
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On a technical note, there is a problem with this experiment. The setup does not simulate what would happen in reality. In this demonstration a drone is fired at the leading edge of a stationary wing. I.e the wing has no airflow over it. Also the target it the exact leading edge of the wing. This scenario is unlikely to ever happen in the wild. In reality, the drone will be almost stationary relative to the air and the wing will be moving through the air at speed. In such a scenario the airflow would tend deflect the drone up and over the wing.
As someone pointed out a bird strike would also cause damage, yet how many birdstrikes do we hear about. Birds are much more numerous than drones. I have heard of engine strikes as the opposite is true here, the engine sucks in whereas the wing sucks up and over (its lifting all that weight by doing so!).
Having said that I am not advocating people fly way out of LOS. I have helicopters training in my area sometimes, so I always know where my drone is and am always listening out for interlopers. If I heard something I would return to home at a safe altitude.
Right. Fox News. They just report the real unbiased facts. That would piss me off too.........FOX News, need we say more?
The plastics will be about like bone. There isnt much significant metal in a drone. except for the motors. The battery is dense like a bullet, BUT in the video of the test, one motor and the battery did NOT make it into the wing, and can be seen in the video.Birds are softer than drones. Huge difference. The flesh will deform and the bones break. The plastics and metal in a drone will not.
The plastics will be about like bone. There isnt much significant metal in a drone. except for the motors. The battery is dense like a bullet, BUT in the video of the test, one motor and the battery did NOT make it into the wing, and can be seen in the video.
Right. Fox News. They just report the real unbiased facts. That would piss me off too.........
But they DO break apart with not much of a fall. It’s posted here on almost a daily basisDrones are purposefully designed to be sturdy enough NOT to break apart when landing (crashing). It's the dissipation of energy during the impact that makes the most difference.
Fox News - Media Bias/Fact Check
“Overall, we rate Fox News strongly Right-Biased due to word and story selection that favors the right and Mixed factually based on poor sourcing and spreading conspiracy theories that later must be retracted. (7/19/2016) Updated (M. Huitsing 6/15/2018)”
A fair assessment of Fox News but, in this case, they have simply reported on the tests that were done.
A flawed test...bad reporting.
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