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My <.5 lb drone certainly has a terminal velocity that is well below 100mph. I've seen videos of similar ones free falling and crashing with virtually no damage
by jsight 10y ago
My <.5 lb drone certainly has a terminal velocity that is well below 100mph. I've seen videos of similar ones free falling and crashing with virtually no damage to the drone itself, because the terminal velocity is relatively low.
OTOH, the parent post appears to be someone who builds his own. Some race drones would likely have fairly impressive terminal velocities due to their compact, dense frames.
I'm not sure what a common commercial one would fall like (Phantom, Mavic Pro, etc).
- leephillips 10y agoThe terminal velocity of a baseball is about 95 MPH. I'm guessing this drone's T.V. is at least somewhat smaller.
- pc86 10y agoA baseball is about a third of pound and relatively compact. This drone weighs something like 6-7x as much and has a lot more surface area and very different drag coefficients. I'm not sure there's really any comparison to be made.