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Here's an excellent video from Juan Browne around the challenges that wires present to aircraft operations [1]. Some of these are human factors for manned aircr
by scottbez1 1y ago
Here's an excellent video from Juan Browne around the challenges that wires present to aircraft operations [1]. Some of these are human factors for manned aircraft, like seeing a wire but then forgetting it's there, but one of his points is that it's simply safest to avoid flying below 1000ft AGL. That's not an option for drones today, and they presumably don't (yet) have the ability of humans to make inferences about the likelihood of cables near cranes and transmission line towers, making them particularly vulnerable.
[1] https://youtu.be/jjV_k4-DstQ https://youtu.be/jjV_k4-DstQ
- Aeolun 1y agoDrones can reach 1000 ft right? That’s only like 300m. Maybe Amazon doesn’t want to because it costs more battery?
- alex43578 1y agoDrones can reach much more than 1000ft, but in the US are not allowed to - 400ft flight ceiling. Ironically, one exception is flying within 400ft of a structure, as you can then go up to the top of the structure and 400ft above that point.
- hazmazlaz 1y agoThat's not true, commercial and municipal drones operate above 400ft all the time. Non-commercial/civilian drones piloted by someone without an FAA Part 107 certification and a waiver cannot fly above 400ft. Also, you are allowed to fly 400ft -above- a vertical structure (like a tower) up to 1000ft tall to avoid exactly this type of collision as long as you are within 400ft horizontally of the structure. EDIT: crud, I did not read your post carefully enough, sorry, you addressed this point exactly. My bad.