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by markman 4050 days ago
Not even apples and oranges. I know that they can still fly safely with only two motors if they are opposing. They may be so safe that it won't be for years to come but eventually after enough mad mothers are up in arms about somebody losing an eye or it getting sucked into an airliner jet that they're going to start heaping on the restrictions. One of the concerns with using them for deliveries at least in a city like Los Angeles is that people will try and shoot them down.

Already been introduced(bad term)? So 1 in 3 households have a drone in the U.S.? OK 1 in 4? You can always count on this statistic- 1 in 10? Nah? Surely 5% of Americans own or use the services of a drone then right? Yeah then they haven't been introduced yet
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mod 4050 days ago
I believe a jet engine can handle this with no issues. They're tested to pass birds through with no issues.
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markman 4050 days ago
Really? I didn't know that. That flight out of New York where "Captain Sully"? made the first successful water ditch of a commercial airliner in the history of aviation had a flame out from geese, but that was an entire flock.

They're so small I doubt they'd have much of an impact on light aircraft either.

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maxerickson 4050 days ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_object_damage#Jet_engin...

For the large bird test, the engine is allowed to shutdown.

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