Hope one didn't get away from Sparkfun HQ!
http://www.9news.com/news/article/268207/188/Mystery-object-nearly-causes-mid-air-collision
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Hope one didn't get away from Sparkfun HQ!
http://www.9news.com/news/article/268207/188/Mystery-object-nearly-causes-mid-air-collision
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In the article we can witness some tendency for oversimplicity and fearmongering:
"Three years ago, a bird strike took down a commercial airliner that managed to land safely in the Hudson River. "
Actually, a few dozens of nearly simultaneous birdstrikes took down this aircraft. While the danger exists, it is not like 'you touch - game over' despite the speeds involved. One could mention a recent crash of C-130 Hercules with large military UAV that ended very poorly for the UAV.
there's some evidence that it's a weather balloon 'cuz they found o....
I dont think the average American is aware of how capable homebrew UAVs are these days, I definitely didnt know until I ran across this site a few months ago and decided to build my own and when I show people what my plane can do theyre always amazed. I think when most people hear "UAV" or "drone" they still see a military grade Predator type plane and associate the idea with a large organization with deep pockets.
I think this proves that UAV's have become a household word now, and possibly will become the focus of the latest media scare campaign. Soon they'll be making movies about about a group of troubled teens who use UAV's to commit crime.... ( I had a modified car before the whole "Fast and Furious" explosion, so I've been through this before. )
This is why I dont watch local news.
Yeah that was a pretty sensationalist news story. I would not like to see what the outcome of a Falcon Vs small UAV would be. I've seen what birds do :)
That picture is very misleading, or was it meant to lead to fear? "We don't know what it was,but it could have crashed a jet into our city"! Typical news hype.
Still 2700 AGL is well into controlled airspace in that area. It wasn't very specific as to exactly where this happened but there is a lot of controlled airspace in that area. Class B above, Class C at Centennial and Class E to 700 if memory serves. Hopefully the pilot was mistaken, but if he says it was an RC I'm inclined to believe him.
If it was a flyer, it'll be posted somewhere so that we all can get a bad wrap!
Yeah, or it could have been a bird.
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