Flying for the Police in one of the most densely populated areas in the world has me being Lasered (mostly green lasers) almost EVERYDAY!!!!
Nothing happens except that it looks cool! Sure a Laser could be dangerous at close range, where the dot of the laser is still small and concentrated, but a the distance a helicopter flies at that DOT is huge and thus it is "diluted", I think those that say that such "attacks" by kids could bring a helicopter down is just plain nonsense.
I know this must make us look like savages, but check out this video of MEXICAN PRESIDENT during the Independence Ceremony . . . . and this was at a much closer range than a flying helicopter. SEE AFTER MINUTE 03+00. You don't see him permanently blinded do you?
Last edited by BlenderPilot; 21st May 2013 at 07:03.