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It never would have occurred to me that aircraft tough enough for the heat and turbulence and debris over a forest fire could be affected by drones. I can find
by erik_seaberg 7y ago
It never would have occurred to me that aircraft tough enough for the heat and turbulence and debris over a forest fire could be affected by drones. I can find a few "if you fly, we can't" search results but I hadn't seen that message before today. Maybe they're just very precisely targeted? (Drones are tempting but I don't own one.)
- jacques_chester 7y agoI'm pretty sure that people who design, build, operate, maintain, pilot or regulate aircraft know more about that topic than anyone else does. Without strong evidence to the contrary, I'm going to believe them when they say it's dangerous to have drones in the air they're trying to use. "It never would have occurred to me" doesn't meet the standard for strong evidence to the contrary.
- erik_seaberg 7y agoI'm not saying the problem doesn't exist, just that it's counter-intuitive and not widely publicized.
- detaro 7y agoI don't think the parent is arguing that it isn't true, just that ignorance is more likely than suggested.
- heavyset_go 7y ago> It never would have occurred to me that aircraft tough enough for the heat and turbulence and debris over a forest fire could be affected by drones If ignorance is an excuse, then drone operators should be tested on such knowledge and licensed. Someone who doesn't realize their drone can impact another aircraft shouldn't be operating drones in the first place.
- dreamcompiler 7y agoA drone hitting the tail rotor of a helicopter will drop it right out of the sky. A drone crashing into the leading edge of a jet's wing will hole it mightily (there's a video online if you google it.) Birds can do serious damage too but birds usually try to avoid low, slow aircraft. Drones don't.