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I think birds are more destructive than drones because they travel in flocks, increasing the potential for a catastrophic complete loss of power during takeoff.
by bri3d 11y ago
I think birds are more destructive than drones because they travel in flocks, increasing the potential for a catastrophic complete loss of power during takeoff.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI imagine also that skin and bones are much harder than PCBs and paperthin plastic / styrofoam most drones are made of.
- yompers888 11y agoIt would seem that, at airplane speeds, mass would be the primary concern. While the first thing you hit on a drone is its cheap plastic propellers and superstructure, at its core is a dense battery, which can be fairly heavy on the common DJI phantom drones (DJI 3 weighs 1280 g (=45 oz. ) with battery.) For comparison, a common pigeon (is that the bird that gets hit?) weighs ~9-13 oz. Having said that, I don't know if these are the drones that pilots are spotting. They're the most common enthusiast drone (~$500-$1k), though I'm sure they're outnumbered by the junk toy variety.
- proee 11y agoDrones can also travel in flocks and carry dangerous payloads.
- gozur88 11y agoThat's what happened in the incident that ended up with the pilot successfully landing on the Hudson River. He lost both engines going through a flock of geese.