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Re:What May Be U.S.’s First Drone-Linked Aircraft Crash Is B... by craftyguy on Saturday February 17, 2018 @06:02PM (#16403292)
Nothing, apparently. I wonder though if it would be large enough to be picked up by the radar used at most airports to track planes on the ground.
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Re:What May Be U.S.’s First Drone-Linked Aircraft Crash Is B... by jsjohnst on Sunday February 18, 2018 @11:18AM (#16406704)
All of the consumer grade drones (aka ones under $2,500) don’t show up on radar. They are too small and don’t have enough radar reflecting substances (think about a typical airframe, the motors and battery are the only really metallic parts of any size and they are still very very small compared to any aircraft).
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