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Re:Drones visit California wildfire, angering firefighters by jonlucc on Sunday July 19, 2015 @07:28AM (#9910847)
I was thinking the rotor wash from the much-larger-than-toy-drone helicopters would handle the drones just fine.
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Re:Drones visit California wildfire, angering firefighters by JshWright on Sunday July 19, 2015 @09:19AM (#9911099)
Assuming the drone is below the helicopter. It's just as likely the drone would be above the helicopter and rotor wash would pull the drone _towards_ the turbine inlets.
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