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Drone hits plane

from_the_NEK

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That is fake. Decent CG but not perfect.

Edit:
I went to the YouTube page for this and one of the comments said something about the text on the wingtip; "Branit.com" which is the website of the person who created the video.

These fake videos are getting disturbingly good at tricking the eyes.
 

thetrailboss

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That is fake. Decent CG but not perfect.

Edit:
I went to the YouTube page for this and one of the comments said something about the text on the wingtip; "Branit.com" which is the website of the person who created the video.

These fake videos are getting disturbingly good at tricking the eyes.

OK. Phew. I was wondering why I had not seen anything in the news about this.

FWIW Snowbird now bans the use of drones for skiing/riding and biking.
 

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Unfortunately, ideas like this could end up being seen by the wrong people and then it becomes a new attack medium! I am sure terrorists have thought about that already.
 

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Well all you need are a bunch of geese released as flights are taking off... But, drones can be easily used to do this. I wonder though if it will or can do that amount of damage.
 

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Since they're made of solid material(s)....get into an engine and one would think it'll seize up/blow. See how accurate your texting is when that happens....

hahahaha - I hope Captain Sully is on board to then land us safely.
 

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Since they're made of solid material(s)....get into an engine and one would think it'll seize up/blow. See how accurate your texting is when that happens....

That would be scary ,I could see a drone taking out a small plane with a strike on the right spot of the tail elevator.
I intentionally hit a plastic grocery bag that was floating in the air , shook the whole aircraft, scared the heck out of me.
Something doesn't need to weigh much to damage.

Almost hit a kite while on a low downwind part of landing pattern , was looking at my landing spot and turned my attention back in front and a fast pull up missed it by inches.

There are tons of hawks, buzzards and eagles around but seldom any strikes there more manuvreable that geese who fly in V pattern.
 
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