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Old 29th Oct 2014, 18:36
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wiggy
 
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Would they be roughly equivalent to a bird strike?
Depends on the bird . Having a Google ( as you do ) I see that these seemingly easily available drones:...

Overview of our drones - Height Tech Gm

are somewhat more massive than your "**** me, I don't want to fly into you" Common Buzzard, which weighs in at a mere 1.3 kg max ....roughly 3 lbs in old money....

I'll let you draw your on conclusions, but personally I wouldn't want to collect a flesh, feather and blood 1.3 kg Buzzard, so as for a 2.5 kg drone...........



Small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are UAS that are 55lbs or less.
Yikes, a suitcase weighing 55 lbs suitcase would be on the verge of triggering overweight charges on many airlines.......

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