What Happens When a Drone Hits an Airplane Wing? [video]

Re:What Happens When a Drone Hits an Airplane Wing? [video] by JasonFruit on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:15AM (#18137147)

Dented the front spar and some compression members. It probably reduced the wing's margin for maneuvering, but should still have been manageable to get down safely. Not to downplay the danger, but let's not exaggerate it either.

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Re:What Happens When a Drone Hits an Airplane Wing? [video] by murukesh_s on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:28AM (#18137408)

What if the drone was heavier or impacted somewhere else more critical? Drone is pretty much a mini aircraft so it has to be regulated somehow.. which i believe is being done already!

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Re:What Happens When a Drone Hits an Airplane Wing? [video] by AmVess on Thursday October 04, 2018 @02:53AM (#18137762)

I am not exaggerating. Several years ago, a bird strike in Alaska resulted in a fatal crash of a 172. Does it happen often? Probably not, but a large heavy drone can easily take down a small civilian aircraft.

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Re:What Happens When a Drone Hits an Airplane Wing? [video] by JasonFruit on Thursday October 04, 2018 @09:54AM (#18139871)

I'm just pointing out your exaggeration of the result of this test, not the danger in real life, which I believe you assess accurately.

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