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Re:U.S. Will Require Drones to Be Registered by nether on Saturday October 17, 2015 @11:31PM (#10407118)
The registration will probably only apply to drones of a certain gross weight. I'm guessing it'll be somewhere around 20 lb, given that's how much the frozen turkeys weigh that they use for birdstrike testing.
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Re:U.S. Will Require Drones to Be Registered by tim333 on Sunday October 18, 2015 @06:36AM (#10407807)
Probably a lot less. While an airliner will probably survive a 20lb object in the engines I don't think they would be very keen on having that happen.
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Re:U.S. Will Require Drones to Be Registered by swingbridge on Sunday October 18, 2015 @09:48AM (#10408204)
A 20lbs object of metal packed with a highly energetic battery that turns into a powerful explosive when destructively smashed to bits. These things a far more dangerous than a typical bird or debris strike.
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