Drone Strike Analysis (Mid air confliction)

General stuff that gets thrown about when Helicopter Pilots shoot the Breeze.
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Drone Strike Analysis (Mid air confliction)

Postby ozloadie » Thu Oct 18 2018, 10:44

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news ... id=2260670

The impact of the drone depicted in the footage shows an effectt similar to a "shaped charge" or squash head round, where the initial impact forms a template and the inertia/energy of the mass following close behind pushes that template forward, spreading out to wherever the least point of resistances are.

Composite speeds of 200-300kts and objects (birds/drones)around 2kg in collision generate impact forces measured in tons.

Bit of an assymetric!

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