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Re:DOT and FAA Propose New Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft... by justinv on Sunday February 15, 2015 @06:36PM (#9054651)
Well, a tape measure that dropped 500feet killed a man[1], so I wouldn't be too confident about something the size of a toaster not killing someone when being dropped 500ft.

Granted a tape measure does weigh less than 2lb (~toaster), but anything dropping from 500feet is still cause for concern.

[1]http://www.krmg.com/news/news/national/tape-measure-dropped-...

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Re:DOT and FAA Propose New Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft... by wtallis on Sunday February 15, 2015 @11:22PM (#9055285)
I wonder what the terminal velocity is for a drone that's lost power. It seems like anything that's able to climb to and hover at 500 feet probably won't drop quite like a brick unless things go wrong in a very particular way.
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Re:DOT and FAA Propose New Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft... by god_bless_texas on Sunday February 15, 2015 @07:05PM (#9054702)
I wasn't confident and said I wasn't sure.

Maybe the rules according to those weights aren't wrong.

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