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FAA investigates near drone-helicopter collision off Hollywood
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<blockquote data-quote="bmarlowe" data-source="post: 61987" data-attributes="member: 5222"><p>>>> Always remember to maintain visual line of sight as well as be mindful of your surroundings. Don't keep your eyes glued to your screen ....Always remember to maintain visual line of sight >>> as well as be mindful of your surroundings. Don't keep your eyes glued to your screen.A lot can be Learned from situations like these...</p><p></p><p>I've thought about this quite a bit and I don't think it is so simple. It is quite possible to be careful and legal, but still have a heli at 200' approaching at 175 mph smack into you. Of course manned ACs should have the "right of way" and LOS helps, but really you may have very little time to react (look at that video!). Do you go up, down, left or right? Can you really tell what to do by looking up from the ground a couple of hundred yards away? You will probably hear it before you see it - but what do you do (I speak from experience on that)? If the answer is go down be advised that Sparks (and most fixed pitch copters) are constrained to descend very slowly (otherwise they will fly thru their own propwash and tumble).</p><p></p><p>Oddly in this particular case the best thing was for the pilot to have his eyes glued to the screen - then he might have been able to make the right move. Of course if the manned aircraft is approaching from behind - well then it's not such a good idea. In a world with a lot of recreational and professional UAV's, a manned helicopter flying at high speed and low altitude along an urban shoreline - maybe <em>that </em>is not such a good idea. Then - what do you do about medical emergency copters?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bmarlowe, post: 61987, member: 5222"] >>> Always remember to maintain visual line of sight as well as be mindful of your surroundings. Don't keep your eyes glued to your screen ....Always remember to maintain visual line of sight >>> as well as be mindful of your surroundings. Don't keep your eyes glued to your screen.A lot can be Learned from situations like these... I've thought about this quite a bit and I don't think it is so simple. It is quite possible to be careful and legal, but still have a heli at 200' approaching at 175 mph smack into you. Of course manned ACs should have the "right of way" and LOS helps, but really you may have very little time to react (look at that video!). Do you go up, down, left or right? Can you really tell what to do by looking up from the ground a couple of hundred yards away? You will probably hear it before you see it - but what do you do (I speak from experience on that)? If the answer is go down be advised that Sparks (and most fixed pitch copters) are constrained to descend very slowly (otherwise they will fly thru their own propwash and tumble). Oddly in this particular case the best thing was for the pilot to have his eyes glued to the screen - then he might have been able to make the right move. Of course if the manned aircraft is approaching from behind - well then it's not such a good idea. In a world with a lot of recreational and professional UAV's, a manned helicopter flying at high speed and low altitude along an urban shoreline - maybe [I]that [/I]is not such a good idea. Then - what do you do about medical emergency copters? [/QUOTE]
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