Story About Crash-Testing Drones

[Mike Israel]

For those of you wondering about what happens if your Phantom actually hits someone, a university has started a research program using crash test dummies to simulate the risk of injury:

AV News: Virginia Tech Crash Tests Drones

 

[BigAl07]

That's interesting. I look forward to seeing their results after they build a large data set.

 

[Philltayl]

The simple answer is it's gonna hurt............and there may be some blood spilled

 

[jakobe75]

Why no prop gaurds?

 

[KongWerks]

I would have liked to see some realistic tissue to better emulate a slow speed "collision". I would imagine the impact force can be worked out with a math formula for the most part. I know a softball moving at 30 mph hurts, it's the sharp edges, motor shafts and props (not necessarily the spinning... although having one winding up my hair like a drill press sounds scary) that concerns me.

I was surprised to see that the props weren't breaking constantly.

Interesting video