Shootinnewz said:
It seems like a 400' ceiling and line of site goes right out the window because someone is using FPV. So just curious, does your FPV UAV have a 360 degree or even a 180 degree view around it? Does your UAV have a transponder on it to alert other aircraft to its tiny bird like appearance? I could keep going but its worthless and waste of my time. But if you think you can avoid a collision with a manned aircraft with your phantom using FPV, 1200'+ in the air nearly a mile away from you, youre nuts, and it is going to happen, and someone will eventually cause a major accident because the love to push the boundaries unfortunately. Those boundaries are for a reason... But I guess your purchase in a toy that cost a few hundred makes you able to do as you please... My bad...
Realistically speaking, what are the odds of a RC aircraft actually colliding with a fullsize aircraft? Next if said collision actually occurred, what are the odds of a fullsize aircraft actually crashing. Heck a Phantom going thru the turbine of a commercial jetliner would most likely cause a minor hiccup in the engine performance, similar to a bird strike.
I've been flying RC Model aircraft for over 35 years and used to do air combat where we try to hit each others plane or cut off a streamer attached. I have never been able to physically hit another plane, but have taken a few streamers. Heck that story of near miss between a helo and a quad was a joke, because the downwash of the copter would have blown that quad out of the sky. I doubt the main rotor blades would have taken damage from a hit, if so it wouldn't have been enough to cause a crash.