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And of course the counter-story: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1144377 http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1144377 (page 5+ is mo

by csmuk 13y ago

And of course the counter-story: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1144377 http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1144377 (page 5+ is most interesting) These are injuries caused by helicopters, drones, quadcopters etc. I don't want that shit floating around me. They are seriously dangerous bits of kit. Yes I know the "versus cars" argument but cars don't intentionally fall out of the sky on you and have roads to go on.

sitkack 13y ago
I can't help but growl QUAD DAMAGE!! reading those forum posts. Ouch. When regs do come out they will most likely have to stay over roads and can't just cut through someones yard. When it fails an air bladder will inflate minimizing the speed and force that it lands. Like, http://www.hovding.com/en/how_it_works/ http://www.hovding.com/en/how_it_works/ Motors will have a lockout that stops it from spinning when it comes into contact with flesh. http://www.sawstop.com http://www.sawstop.com This technology is way more than 2 years off. The FAA isn't just going to print out a pamphlet and say everything is OK. Machines are dangerous and nothing I see in any of the latest tech even comes close to the reliability or safety that will be necessary.
awj 13y ago
Drones don't intentionally fall "on you" either. By the numbers cars are probably the second most dangerous thing you interact with day-to-day (cheeseburgers being the first). Safe travel - especially safe failure - is obviously an important concern, but can we at least bring up some rational evaluation?
- csmuk 13y ago
  Well they fail to prevent falling on you very well as the link shows. A lot of the accidents are from spurious behaviour and unrecoverable flight profiles.
gnarbarian 13y ago
Lord knows there's no use for an automobile, when you consider the danger it poses compared to the reliable horse.
- csmuk 13y ago
  If we had flying cars with chainsaws at each corner, I'd agree.
  - gnarbarian 13y ago
    It's totally worth it. just force them to be computer controlled when flying low altitude in densely populated areas.
    - csmuk 13y ago
      Computers are controlled by programs written by humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQpUgHkBcg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQpUgHkBcg http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1431911/airbus-crash-finger-flight-computers http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1431911/airbus-cras... The list goes on...

by csmuk 13y ago

sitkack 13y ago

I can't help but growl QUAD DAMAGE!! reading those forum posts. Ouch. When regs do come out they will most likely have to stay over roads and can't just cut through someones yard. When it fails an air bladder will inflate minimizing the speed and force that it lands. Like, http://www.hovding.com/en/how_it_works/ http://www.hovding.com/en/how_it_works/ Motors will have a lockout that stops it from spinning when it comes into contact with flesh. http://www.sawstop.com http://www.sawstop.com This technology is way more than 2 years off. The FAA isn't just going to print out a pamphlet and say everything is OK. Machines are dangerous and nothing I see in any of the latest tech even comes close to the reliability or safety that will be necessary.

awj 13y ago

Drones don't intentionally fall "on you" either. By the numbers cars are probably the second most dangerous thing you interact with day-to-day (cheeseburgers being the first). Safe travel - especially safe failure - is obviously an important concern, but can we at least bring up some rational evaluation?

csmuk 13y ago
Well they fail to prevent falling on you very well as the link shows. A lot of the accidents are from spurious behaviour and unrecoverable flight profiles.

gnarbarian 13y ago

Lord knows there's no use for an automobile, when you consider the danger it poses compared to the reliable horse.

csmuk 13y ago
If we had flying cars with chainsaws at each corner, I'd agree.
- gnarbarian 13y ago
  It's totally worth it. just force them to be computer controlled when flying low altitude in densely populated areas.
  - csmuk 13y ago
    Computers are controlled by programs written by humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQpUgHkBcg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQpUgHkBcg http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1431911/airbus-crash-finger-flight-computers http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1431911/airbus-cras... The list goes on...