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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by Rochus on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:47AM (#24343057)
This has less to do with coolness than with the fact that the controller will most likely not be able to see the guy on the ASR, and I would assume that the guy has no transponder either. You can only control the airspace if you can see who/what is around.
Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by Rochus on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:50PM (#24344566)
Maybe I should mention that I was responsible for the testing of different ATC radar systems.
Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by shadowgovt on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:52AM (#24343129)
I imagine the radar signature of a wingsuiter is pretty small, even if they have an exhaust-belching rocket strapped on the thing.

How well do those show up on radar?

Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by teleforce on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:11PM (#24348190)
All of the conventional radar systems installed at airports are blind to this small human jetpack due to their limited resolution.

The newer type of radar for detecting debris exist at some airports but because of their main purpose is to monitor debris on the runaway it is only for short distance and not pointed to the sky.

Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by Rochus on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:02PM (#24349304)
The main purpose of the PSR is to detect potentially dangerous flying objects which have no transponders. The PSR we tested were able to also detect e.g. parachutes and paragliders. I would assume that the radar cross section of the winged jetpack is large enough for detection by current PSR.
Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by Rochus on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @12:52PM (#24343801)
Depending on the angle of incidence relative to the radar, the cross-section can be quite large. But the resolution of the radar is almost certainly not sufficient to see the small object near the aircraft.
Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by sandworm101 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:57AM (#24343179)
On a civilian radar, they don't. Without a transponder the tower won't see you on their screens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_radar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_surveillance_radar