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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by vokep on Monday January 14, 2019 @07:05PM (#18907794)
Right, but a box with a 1lb rock in it, and a box with 1lb of feathers are going to fall from the sky to your head about the same.
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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by cortesoft on Monday January 14, 2019 @07:07PM (#18907807)
I mean, the 1lb or feathers will have a much larger box, and a much larger surface area for wind resistance. In addition, it will spread the impact over a larger area.
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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by codedokode on Monday January 14, 2019 @09:10PM (#18908344)
The box with the feathers could be very tall but narrow so that the air resistance won't be large.
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