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Re: Clear and Present Danger to Warbird Aircraft..All Aircra

Fri May 22, 2015 8:58 am

And birds can turn their heads for 360° vision. An FPV UAV "sees" only what is directly in front of it.

Here's one solution: declare "open season" on low flying and out-of-line-of-sight UAVs and let folks take a shotgun to them.

Ok kidding...kinda. :wink:

Re: Clear and Present Danger to Warbird Aircraft..All Aircra

Fri May 22, 2015 9:57 am

C VEICH wrote:
RyanShort1 wrote:Birds have a LOT more self preservation instincts...


Exactly!


Mandatory proximity sensors in drones. Collision avoidance algorithms? I think we are stuck with drones, at least on some level. The task is to make them as safe as possible

and may i recommend the system below for any drone 1000 lbs or more or containing more than 25 gallons of fuel?

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