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Genghis9 Posted at 2018-2-16 17:46
I'm not willing to go that far, but I have my suspicions too about this "story" (that being the story from the pilot). The primary reason, they were supposedly in a hover, if so, then why not remain there until they could best determine exactly what the threat was, after all, it's not like that drone running in to them or the rotors would cause catastrophic damage (I'm sure I'll hear form many about how that isn't so, let the debate begin). However, it appears the pilot did a knee jerk reaction and over controlled it in to hitting a tree/shrubs. I know too that this is Monday morning quarter backing it and hindsight is 20/20, and that is not really fair to the pilot, but it just sounds like this was an over reaction to a low level danger.
Regardless, if it was a drone and even if it was not posing an immediate threat that operator was out of there...they had no business flying where they were doing what they were and if caught, I hope they are, they should be fined and made to pay damages. When that starts happening then some of these idiots will start getting the clue that it won't pay to pull off crap like this or worse.
I think you are correct...That guy in New York city who crashed his drone into a Blackhawk Helicopter because he was out of VLOS they said it did a little damage to the rotors, nothing catastrophic, the pilot was able to land safely... I have to agree the helicopter pilot obviously did some stupid maneuver to cause him to hit a tree, because it doesn't say the drone hit the helicopter. |
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