I imagine a small drone would go through a turbine without hurting it too much, but some of the bigger ones (which is most likely what would be up that high), could probably get pretty ugly.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Robert Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > Myth busters, lol, not exactly what I cite for science... That test was > flawed all over the place.. But they didn't test frozen chicken into > turbine blades, which was the situation I was referring to. Anyways facts > show even non-frozen bird is a bad situation for turbines.. So a metal > drone with solid chunks is going to be a much harder bit to swallow... > > > On 02/06/2017 09:09 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > >> You mean with the chicken cannon? Tested on Myth Busters. Frozen >> chicken does not have more momentum than a thawed chicken. >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Robert Andrews" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: 2/6/2017 12:03:07 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Climbing is Life >> >> You heard the story about brits testing bird strikes? >>> >>> On 02/06/2017 08:53 AM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: >>> >>>> what would happen if a drone was flying as high as a commercial plane >>>> and gut sucked into the engine? >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Exactly....there's the law and there's actual flight ceiling. >>>> Bigger ones can go up several thousand feet. >>>> >>>> I was looking at (did not buy) one to carry a 2.5kg payload. >>>> Without the payload it could very very high....like commercial >>>> airplane high. There's no good reason to do that, but you *could*. >>>> >>>> >>>> ------ Original Message ------ >>>> From: "Mathew Howard" <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> To: "af" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Sent: 2/6/2017 11:11:01 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Climbing is Life >>>> >>>> It's not exactly legal to fly them that high (assuming this was in >>>>> the US)... >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Kurt Fankhauser >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> that is a neat video, I didn't know drones could fly that high >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Rory Conaway >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/embed/f1BgzIZRfT8?feature=player_embedded >>>>> >>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/embed/f1BgzIZRfT8?feature=player_embedded >>>>> >____ >>>>> >>>>> __ __ >>>>> >>>>> *Rory Conaway **• Triad Wireless •**CEO____* >>>>> >>>>> *4226 S. 37^th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040____* >>>>> >>>>> *602-426-0542 <tel:(602)%20426-0542>____* >>>>> >>>>> *[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>____* >>>>> >>>>> *www.triadwireless.net <http://www.triadwireless.net/ >>>>> >____* >>>>> >>>>> *__ __* >>>>> >>>>> “Baseball - we do not stop playing because we grow old, we >>>>> grow old because we stop playing”____ >>>>> >>>>> __ __ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> >>
