Robbo Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/light-aircraft-collides-with-drone-in-norway-416504/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/light-aircraft-collides-with-drone-in-norway-416504/ These sort of stories lack credibility to me that could have been a bird or just made up. Unless the drone was large you would not even see it. I think stories of passenger jets sighting drones is BS and just trying to build a case to have them banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I am in the sounds like Bullshite faction. If a bird can wreck havoc on a airframe even a light one- then how come a drone made no damage at all? Probably should have drug tested the pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 a drone would do less damage to an aircraft, as its a lot less dense than a bird.. most consumer grade drones are nothing but a circuit board, in a plastic housing, 4 small engines the size of a pile of a few coins stacked up, and a battery, the battery being 90% of its weight. and the battery density is no more than the muscle density of a bird.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I guess I thought a drone that is at 2500ft would be more substantial than that. I was thinking it would have been aircraft style drone not a quadcopter for it to be visible to a pilot. But I am often wrong. I know any of my RC aircraft that could cruise at 2500ft would make a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 a drone would do less damage to an aircraft, as its a lot less dense than a bird.. most consumer grade drones are nothing but a circuit board, in a plastic housing, 4 small engines the size of a pile of a few coins stacked up, and a battery, the battery being 90% of its weight. and the battery density is no more than the muscle density of a bird.. Something like a DJI Phantom could weigh nearly 2 kgs and do heaps of damage, what sort of bird are you thinking of a Pelican? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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