400 and BELOW!!!

F6Rider · May 29, 2015

The story say's this was a short haul commuter plane, could have been a Turbo-prop, in which case he was slower and more maneuverable than a Fan-Jet.
Looked it up, its a Embraer 175 (twin-jet)

Apparition · May 29, 2015

When I opened this thread I expected it to be about Irixguys site 400orbelow.com

This thread is not waterproof and ruggedized.

chase45 · May 29, 2015

Honestly, I doubt a 3 pound drone would even scratch a plane

loganboyd · May 29, 2015

mmee1992 said:
I am the pilot of a passenger jet and yes we sometimes do maneuver around stuff.

Like other planes on the tarmac?

iahphantom · May 29, 2015

Apparition said:
When I opened this thread I expected it to be about Irixguys site 400orbelow.com

This thread is not waterproof and ruggedized.

Hahaha I thought the same thing !

iahphantom · May 29, 2015

The 4k professional version.

damitjim · May 29, 2015

Basic registration won't work, it would require an electronic tag of some sort. If a phantom is eating by a huge 777 engine, there will be nothing left to trace. The pieces would be scattered for miles and the smaller than M&Ms

mmee1992 · May 29, 2015

loganboyd said:
Like other planes on the tarmac?

Lol, well obviously.

loganboyd · May 29, 2015

mmee1992 said:
I am the pilot of a passenger jet and yes we sometimes do maneuver around stuff.

how fast are you travelling in meters per second on landing approach? How far away could you be from an object that's 450mm wide and half that as tall and still see it? how many seconds does it take you to maneuver around an object that may also be moving in any direction?
Trying to figure out how big of an object it would have to be for a pilot to see it and how much time they would have decide to avoid it and actually be able to.

F6Rider · May 29, 2015

chase45 said:
Honestly, I doubt a 3 pound drone would even scratch a plane

An octocopter with gimbal and DSLR camera would play bloody hell with the fan blades.

Mal_PV2_Ireland · May 29, 2015

loganboyd said:
it's relative in this forum due to the posts I see about trying to subvert the restrictions on high flying.

In my eyes it's relative in every forum where idiots want to fly this high all the time

iahphantom · May 29, 2015

The problem is they are not able to specify the type of "drone"

mmee1992 · May 29, 2015

loganboyd said:
how fast are you travelling in meters per second on landing approach? How far away could you be from an object that's 450mm wide and half that as tall and still see it? how many seconds does it take you to maneuver around an object that may also be moving in any direction?
Trying to figure out how big of an object it would have to be for a pilot to see it and how much time they would have decide to avoid it and actually be able to.

Yeah that would be tough. We can usually see birds pretty well but we still hit them all the time. We are normally traveling around 65 meters per second on landing approach. It would be tough thats for sure. Unless it was night and you could see the lights from pretty far.

Arct1c0n · May 29, 2015

mmee1992 said:
I am the pilot of a passenger jet and yes we sometimes do maneuver around stuff.

You have jedi reflexs if you can avoid incoming birds at 400+ MPH

damitjim · May 29, 2015

iahphantom said:
The problem is they are not able to specify the type of "drone"

Doesn't stop them from using a picture of a Phantom... every single time.

chase45 · May 29, 2015

F6Rider said:
An octocopter with gimbal and DSLR camera would play bloody hell with the fan blades.

So would a bird, which is much more likely to connect with a plane due to sheer numbers.

I guess this is where I am different from everyone else on this site. I come mainly from firearms as a hobby. We fight new restrictions tooth and nail. On here it seems many take what if scenarios that are HIGHLY unlikely and gov proposed restrictions as law.

I don't do anything ignorant with my drone by any means. But just because one person did, and didn't cause an incident mind you, doesn't mean we have to have restrictions in place.

In other words, I enjoy freedom

mmee1992 · May 29, 2015

Arct1c0n said:
You have jedi reflexs if you can avoid incoming birds at 400+ MPH

No jet is flying that fast that low on approach. more like 150 mph.

ianwood · May 29, 2015

Adam Kontras said:
I bet that it was KillerKut. He specifically talked about flying 3000 feet up around LaGuardia, but that he could do it safe because he was "smart".

He was creating hazards at JFK.

jlo said:
About 800-1000ft.

Only if you're looking for one.

mmee1992 said:
I am the pilot of a passenger jet and yes we sometimes do maneuver around stuff.

Like other planes, right? [EDIT: "loganboyd" beat me to the punch!]

"damitjim" put it best: Aircraft carriers don't maneuver around fish. By the time, you saw the Phantom it would be confetti coming out the engine.

OT rant: Thank you FOX news for the animated ALERT ALERT ALERT message, otherwise I wouldn't know that this was vital news of national significance that everyone must know right now! Keep 'em afraid Murdoch! Good work.