Reply to post: How is this different than birdstrike?

Drone collisions with airliners may not be fatal, US study suggests

Chairman of the Bored

How is this different than birdstrike?

If I hit a 2kilo bird or 2kilo drone at the same relative velocity, do I really care? There are more birds at present. Large birds can cause issues - esp when they go into engine cores - as demonstrated by the American that landed in the Hudson River.

For some slightly sensational reporting of CFD results, see: https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/10/102815-engineering-jetenginedronestrike.html

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