Drones threatening commercial a/c?
Do you have to wait for somebody to die before you ban something that has obvious potential hazards to large numbers of life?
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"Should scientists wait for evidence to back up a scientific theory, or should they proceed on an assumption that flies in the face of years of empirical observation"
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Incidentally, I'll lay my cards on the table.
If a drone takes out an airliner tomorrow, I still don't think they should be banned.
All new (and in fact old) technologies have accidents.
That is part of the path of life.
Planes kill people.
Cars kill people.
Nuclear power stations kill people.
Coal fire power stations kill people.
Knives kill people.
Trains kill people.
Lawnmowers kill people.
Footballs kill people.
Trousers kill people. (go read the ONS report!)
Ladders kill people.
Pets kill people.
Drones will, eventually, kill some people.
So what?
Nothing is all good or all bad. (except Morris Dancing. It has no redeeming features)
Drones have the potential to revolutionise many areas of life and I think society will look back and laugh at the current luddites.
If a drone takes out an airliner tomorrow, I still don't think they should be banned.
All new (and in fact old) technologies have accidents.
That is part of the path of life.
Planes kill people.
Cars kill people.
Nuclear power stations kill people.
Coal fire power stations kill people.
Knives kill people.
Trains kill people.
Lawnmowers kill people.
Footballs kill people.
Trousers kill people. (go read the ONS report!)
Ladders kill people.
Pets kill people.
Drones will, eventually, kill some people.
So what?
Nothing is all good or all bad. (except Morris Dancing. It has no redeeming features)
Drones have the potential to revolutionise many areas of life and I think society will look back and laugh at the current luddites.
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Tourist:
I know you were joking, but in this context morris dancing does have a redeeming feature: it very rarely kills people.
(except Morris Dancing. It has no redeeming features)
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1478668/
Isn't google great......
Tourist you forgot one:
Life kills people.
Life kills people.
The Swarm
Better watch out if this one ever gets out of ground effect...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5JgnMJzCtQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5JgnMJzCtQ
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i dont think a drone and a commercial aircraft will do much, if anything, as for nuclear power, well, only 15 world wide... others have died from cancers, but at a rate no worse than the gloabl average..
back to drones, they are very light compared to an equivelent sized bird, they are a plastic housing, with a few small circuit boards, 4 small engines about the size of a few coins, and a battery.
in all seriouslness, i doubt they would cause more damage than a bird..
back to drones, they are very light compared to an equivelent sized bird, they are a plastic housing, with a few small circuit boards, 4 small engines about the size of a few coins, and a battery.
in all seriouslness, i doubt they would cause more damage than a bird..
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Looking at The Swarm video posted above, I can't help wondering what Paul Moller did with all that cash considering he never got past "tethered flight" stage with his "Skycar"... With this new technology droning on, it should be easy - the skycar is nothing more than a fancy quadcopter.
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link to article
Sorry for the late reply, I work in an area with extremely limited communications. Here is the link to the ISR drone crash in question. 3 Civilian Bodies Found from Afghan Crash - CBS News
Dan
Dan
Originally Posted by Ultralights
back to drones, they are very light compared to an equivelent sized bird, they are a plastic housing, with a few small circuit boards, 4 small engines about the size of a few coins, and a battery.
in all seriouslness, i doubt they would cause more damage than a bird..
in all seriouslness, i doubt they would cause more damage than a bird..
A forthcoming iPhone weighs 193 g
OK, larger bird needed. 17 to 22 cm long, 30 to 40 cm span, 30 to 75 g weight
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Sorry for the late reply, I work in an area with extremely limited communications. Here is the link to the ISR drone crash in question. 3 Civilian Bodies Found from Afghan Crash - CBS News
Dan
Dan
I'm willing to accept its possible that it happened though but it is hardly relevant. A predator is a full size aircraft in a war zone that just happens to be unmanned. Hardly the same as toy quadcopters.
aox
I'm slightly confused as to what you are saying.
You are aware that there are 10kg birds on this planet?
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Originally Posted by Tourist
I'm slightly confused as to what you are saying.
You are aware that there are 10kg birds on this planet?
You are aware that there are 10kg birds on this planet?
I'm replying to a post asserting that for equivalent size a collection of a few circuit boards and battery etc is very light compared to a bird.
I gave a well-known example of some electronics that is 10 times heavier than about the same size bird and still over double the weight of a larger bird.
We could find other examples, such as quadcopter advertising that says 500 to 2000 gram payload plus its own weight on 4 x 10 inch rotors, but as a first approximation maybe the claim is a bit stretched much of the time.
