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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by stult on Monday January 14, 2019 @06:57PM (#18907749)
The anticollision light has to be visible from three miles away. I could see that being excessive and disruptive for certain urban use cases.
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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by bengotow on Monday January 14, 2019 @07:01PM (#18907776)
Yeah this seems aggressive. At that brightness it'd be like having street lights flying down your block. Also seems like lights that bright might use a prohibitive amount of power?
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