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Destroying hobbyist drones
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SaskiaJayne
Rural Guerrilla
It should be possible to steal a drone if they work like radio control model planes. Model planes had 6 allotted frequencies colour coded so when the club was flying together they could have 6 planes in the air at a time on different frequencies. It was not unknown for radio model planes often worth £100s to be stolen in flight by somebody with a boosted up variable frequency tranceiver. I guess with the growing popularity of drones, drone theft will become popular as well.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
or a tomahawk
Manter
Lunch Mob
Haven't they endangered commercial aircraft?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
how the hell is a quadcopter getting to aircraft bothering altitude? balderdash says I
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
consistency is a virtue david
dylanredefined
Not a house elf a tiger
Buzzed crop dusters and strayed onto airport approaches. Alledgly someone didn't like the helicopter spraying near his land and used the drone to scare it off. Helicopter landed and pilot ended up punching drone operator.
Safety is taken very seriously so you could be innocently playing with your drone not realising people think you are too near an airfield.
likesfish
You can't park here sir
A Big expensive one could easily interfere with one coming into land.
You 'd have to be an epic cunt thinking a flight path is a good place to play with your drone.
Sort of cunt who'd shine lasers at planes at night.
Needs to be encouraged to do that too an apache as phosphrous burns are quite nasty.
You 'd have to be an epic cunt thinking a flight path is a good place to play with your drone.
Sort of cunt who'd shine lasers at planes at night.
Needs to be encouraged to do that too an apache as phosphrous burns are quite nasty.
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
I'm not an aviation expert, but I *think* aircraft may have to fly a bit lower at certain times, like taking off & landing, perhaps...
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
nonsense
SaskiaJayne
Rural Guerrilla
An aviation expert likened a drone to a frozen turkey & admitted that under the right conditions a flying frozen turkey could bring down a 747 & similar.
It's about water. You're shit at this Bond lark.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
no cos he makes the baddie drink oil at the end
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Living, warm turkeys can't fly, so how the fuck does a dead, cold one hassle 747's? The man's a nincompoop.
You remember the end? Good work. I stopped caring after the twentieth earnest chat with M.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
SaskiaJayne
Rural Guerrilla
No, he said a drone going into the engine of an airliner would be like throwing a frozen turkey into it. I guess that could take out the engine & that might be dangerous on a twin engined jet I would have thought or is it ok to lose an engine on takeoff with say a fully loaded 777? I suppose it would depend on how good the pilot was. The busted fan blades can slice through the fuselage killing passengers & allsorts I guess. If a blade went through the fuel tank & ignited 50tonnes of fuel things might be looking a bit grim or could a good pilot still save the day by altering the trim & adjusting the throttle of the one good engine?
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
How many planes have been downed by someone lobbing a frozen turkey at them?I'm quite strong and good at throwing, but I doubt I'd be able to hit a 777 taking off at 150mph.
This man needs words.
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
The worst possible time to lose an engine - whether a 2 or 4 engine jet - is take off or landing. They could cope fine at altitude, but near the ground is a different story. The engines used on commercial jets aren't like those on fighter jets - they're not built for rapid acceleration, it can take quite a while from the pilot throttling up for the engines to produce more power. So a 747 that sucks a drone into an engine on final approach stands a good chance of crashing.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
the internets says a measly 15ft but I'm sure I was further away than that when Jon Balance nailed me with a headshot (crabapple)
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
It depends when you lose the engine; after a certain speed (V1) the aircraft is comitted to the t/o and you're on your way no matter what. Even if it is to just as far as the site of the crash. The 777 can take off on one engine (subject to TOW, weather, field altitude etc.) but it's lack of control authority in yaw rather than a defecit of thrust that will cause things to unravel quickly.
SaskiaJayne
Rural Guerrilla
What was trying to get at was could a drone, not a frozen turkey bring down(with no survivours obvs)or cripple(& with a few fatalities)a 777 or would an A330 be better in the same circumstances, also would a CFM or a Rolls engine be more drone resistant?
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
This might work, (may be slightly illegal). Probably good up to 100 feet or so. Good spread of shots.
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