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Re:IdentiFlight Bird Detection System by quercusa on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:33AM (#26090492)
The identification part seems pretty slick. I'm curious about the "curtailment" part - if a bird is heading toward the chopper, what can you do? Slamming on the brakes on 100m+ blades seems... intense.
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Re:IdentiFlight Bird Detection System by ENIanDEM on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:48PM (#26093169)
Likely just a case of feathering (ha!) the blades: changing their angle of attack so they don't produce as much lift, plus a bit of braking.

Presumably with a bit of surveying pre-construction you can make a good guess at your expected curtailment time and bake that into the financial model

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Re:IdentiFlight Bird Detection System by pvaldes on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:09PM (#26092703)
> if a bird is heading toward the chopper, what can you do?

Tennis?

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Re:IdentiFlight Bird Detection System by srcmap on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:16PM (#26095538)
Maybe play predator sound with loud speaker?
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Re:IdentiFlight Bird Detection System by March_f6 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:00AM (#26090906)
Yeah that part is a little vague in the copy.
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