Another Drone Pilot does it Again
09-19-2016, 07:34 AM
#3727
These guys won't make anymre than their rank and time in grade pay. They may be able to seek employment as a Drone Pilot after they leave the service. Who Knows.
09-19-2016, 08:19 AM
#3728
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This drone explodes mid air in front of a large crowd......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yf_QTbDeWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yf_QTbDeWM
09-19-2016, 09:33 AM
#3730
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That's what the Commercial DRONE ticket is for. I'll bet U can make BIG money too ... LOL Did U see where UPS pilots just signed a new contract while (after 5 years with out a contract) A caption gets a $60 000 signing bonus and a first officer gets $40 grand. then The average UPS pilot covered by the contract earns $238,000 annually, UPS said in 2015. Captains, who rank higher than first officers, are guaranteed $255,128 and typically earn about $290,000, per year.
I don't think Drone Plots will come any where close to this, but one can only Hope.
I don't think Drone Plots will come any where close to this, but one can only Hope.
http://www.flitetest.com/articles/no...b-design-build
He's got some Youtube videos of this aircraft flying. That project got him an immediate job offer from Northrup Grumman right out of school in 2014. Since then he has started his own company primarily designing and building UAV aircraft for commercial and industrial use. There's money in them thar hills, that's for sure!
09-20-2016, 04:14 AM
#3732
This drone explodes mid air in front of a large crowd......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yf_QTbDeWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yf_QTbDeWM
Fox ran the video this morning on their morning show. More positive press.
09-20-2016, 05:10 AM
#3734
09-20-2016, 05:25 AM
#3735
Looked to me like they followed rules and that is why it did not land in the crowd.
09-20-2016, 07:28 AM
#3737
The video is edited at around 1:42, so you don't see the entire turn, but if it breaks up while the velocity vector is pointed toward the crowd, then the debris would certainly continue along that path - toward people.
09-20-2016, 08:00 AM
#3739
The debris did not go that far forward and the model was much further out during the turn, so that is certainly wrong.
09-20-2016, 08:34 AM
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09-20-2016, 08:47 AM
#3742
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Wonder what the same group of folks were thinking when the Blue Angles pilot crashed, and recently was blamed for the crash. Those Navy pilots have been crashing a lot this year...don't they follow safety protocols? Point is of course, accidents happen. But yours is a good hypothetical question, but why not ask this of someone who deals with this type of scenario in the jet events he promotes. Safety is an ongoing point of discussion for you, why not ask Tiano about it. He answered your questions about Muncies money and the MA magazine.
There's no mystery edit...you saw what we all saw...an aircraft heading right down the runway that started a roll, and the stab came off, then the plane came apart. The parts fell past the runway, opposite of where the spectators were. Well, come to think of it, I didn't see any spectators, so perhaps it wasn't a successful event and folks were not really in any danger. Did you listen to the video though, and the comments about the pilot and the aircraft needing specific licenses/certifications? Do you have a specific or realistic way to stop these type of accidents 100% of the time?
09-20-2016, 08:52 AM
#3743
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And yet, we've had far more than one here, and what has happened as a result of it? The last one you were involved with and questioning had to do with a turbine jet crashing and spewing fuel all over people and requiring emergency medical care. Did you ever get the answers you were looking for on that event?
Has anything changed since then?
09-20-2016, 08:58 AM
#3744
09-20-2016, 10:55 AM
#3746
16 Jul 2016 - "...they will work on the rules compliance issue..."
Don't look now, but there's attention on the issue. The kinetic energy suggestion was one I made over a year ago. It's now being discussed as a methodology. Of course some is brought on by a lack of rule compliance and unwillingness to self police, both issues I also pointed out as weaknesses a while back.
Go figure, one of the candidates for President actually put this in the record: "...we don’t want to call attention to numbers; there could be unintended consequences."
09-20-2016, 11:26 AM
#3747
Worst part is, in that video, there was nothing around it to cause it to break up like that. If it had collided with another plane, it would have been understandable. To just have a catastrophic structural failure like that, however, goes back to the person that actually assembled the parts or laid them up if it was fiberglass
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09-20-2016, 11:56 AM
#3748
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16 Apr 2016 - "...should we look at mass times velocity, energy potential..."
16 Jul 2016 - "...they will work on the rules compliance issue..."
Don't look now, but there's attention on the issue. The kinetic energy suggestion was one I made over a year ago. It's now being discussed as a methodology. Of course some is brought on by a lack of rule compliance and unwillingness to self police, both issues I also pointed out as weaknesses a while back.
Go figure, one of the candidates for President actually put this in the record: "...we don’t want to call attention to numbers; there could be unintended consequences."
16 Jul 2016 - "...they will work on the rules compliance issue..."
Don't look now, but there's attention on the issue. The kinetic energy suggestion was one I made over a year ago. It's now being discussed as a methodology. Of course some is brought on by a lack of rule compliance and unwillingness to self police, both issues I also pointed out as weaknesses a while back.
Go figure, one of the candidates for President actually put this in the record: "...we don’t want to call attention to numbers; there could be unintended consequences."
But go figure, a candidate for president has been deeply involved in this specific activity, and may have even been the point of that discussion, you know, about lack of safety and compliance and most importantly an unwillingness to police themselves. When afforded an opportunity to question him on that issue that is so vitally important to you, an issue you've talked about for years now, you went with a question about magazine subscriptions. Kinetic energy, accidents involving burning flesh and trips to the ER, a lack of accountability for accidents, or questions about magazine subscriptions?
09-20-2016, 12:05 PM
#3749
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Worst part is, in that video, there was nothing around it to cause it to break up like that. If it had collided with another plane, it would have been understandable. To just have a catastrophic structural failure like that, however, goes back to the person that actually assembled the parts or laid them up if it was fiberglass
09-20-2016, 12:14 PM
#3750
Worst part is, in that video, there was nothing around it to cause it to break up like that. If it had collided with another plane, it would have been understandable. To just have a catastrophic structural failure like that, however, goes back to the person that actually assembled the parts or laid them up if it was fiberglass
Too many unknowns to make a determination with any certainty, but from what I saw, that structural failure/weakness should probably have been spotted as part of the airframe certification process.
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