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Less dangerous than a car? Perhaps. Although I'd point out that we require licensure and insurance for cars, and the threat of life in prison if you injure anyo

• baddox 12y ago
  Yes, spinning rotors can cut your skin if they make contact. That has to be weighed against the likelihood of spinning rotors and skin making contact. That likelihood is generally fairly low, but is much higher when a pilot deliberately flies straight at a person's head or throttles up the aircraft while holding it. Baseball tends not to cause lacerations, so photographs won't look as gory (except perhaps for some eye injuries), but they definitely can cause serious injuries, and can very easily cause minor property damage.
• seanp2k2 12y ago
  A 700-sized heli can kill you, but I'm not sure that even a large drone would do as much damage: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2413231/Roman-Pirozek-Jr-Man-decapitates-remote-control-helicopter.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2413231/Roman-Piroze... I say this because the heli in the story, as most high-end consumer RC helis these days, had 2 carbon fiber blades, and on the 700 size, tip to tip on the blades is about a meter. Consider the weight and tip speed of each blade vs. A large quad or hex or octocopter. The blades will be much smaller, so much much less kinetic energy at the tips. You also don't do this with quads: http://youtu.be/EYWLqui5VsM http://youtu.be/EYWLqui5VsM
  • baddox 12y ago
    No, but you can do this with quads: http://vimeo.com/68798774 http://vimeo.com/68798774 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5eUqLopMYM&index=88&list=PL5RQUYm66N1YD1I_kT3DY9LhIMMEKjFCz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5eUqLopMYM&index=88&list=PL...