Re:UK Airprox board says police drone and jet had 'near-miss'
by PeterisP on Thursday May 31, 2018 @04:03AM
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100g is a lot for the type of drones used there, it's comparable to their whole battery pack weight. Also, the power draw of such a transponder is likely to be significant.
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Re:UK Airprox board says police drone and jet had 'near-miss'
by jsjohnst on Thursday May 31, 2018 @06:44AM
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Sorry, but unless it’s a toy drone, the battery weighs a lot more than 100g. I own almost 20 drones and I think only the Tello batteries clock in at that range in weight and it’s useless imho to a police department. My Phantom (nearly 500g battery) / Inspire (515g) / Mavic (~250g) batteries are all way heavier than 100g and the batteries I use for my S1000 are over 2,000g. That said, 100g additional payload is significant for everything but my S1000, but I had to correct the statement re: batteries.
As to transponder power usage, it would be very negligible compared to the power draw of the ESC/motors.