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172 hits Police Drone in Canada
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Drone was a DJI Matrice 210, according to the TSB: MTOW 13.54 lb/6.14 kg.
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Originally Posted by Alanwsg
(Post 11100341)
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Indeed, the Reader's Comments were Golden.
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For us SLF, the approach speed of a 172 is about 60 knots or 80 mph.
Assume that the drone was hovering (or would that be "the hover was droning"?). |
Originally Posted by Bill Harris
(Post 11101811)
For us SLF, the approach speed of a 172 is about 60 knots or 80 mph.
Assume that the drone was hovering (or would that be "the hover was droning"?). |
About flying speed, look here:
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Make for a wonderful target for a 12-bore...
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
(Post 11101821)
If all drones could do was to hover, they would be of pretty limited use. The one in question is capable of 45 kts, though unlikely to have been moving that fast when it and the Cessna collided.
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It's a puzzling incident, usually they try to run into their own aircraft.
RCMP helicopter and drone collided during Wet’suwet’en protests in northern B.C.: TSB report | Globalnews.ca Although maybe that's only SOP when they're trying to suppress civil rights. |
Originally Posted by Bill Harris
(Post 11102314)
A hoverable UAV is of great utility for police surveillance or searches. The article didn't list it's airspeed, so we can assume Vmin.
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