helicopters

The FAA sets altitude zones to separate drones from helicopters, but these helicopters have exemptions that allow them to fly low.

I take it you haven't look at the stats for the helicopters the Osprey is replacing?

Moderate sized birds can take down airplanes and helicopters and have done so in the very recent past.

The only traffic will likely be helicopters, and they don't tend to fly very fast under 500AGL.

Kimchi also laid out his thinking on how autonomous drones could safely fly in the same locations as helicopters.

A lot of these problems already apply to people walking around, cars, helicopters and private aircraft.

How many helicopters crash because of birds, and how many more birds are there than drones?

Is there a reason they didn't just forcibly board the boat with a swat type team from helicopters, or something similar?

If this was the case, why would aircraft (including helicopters) be so wary of birds?

How about very focused and fast (high energy) water cannons, from the ground and from helicopters, as one among many anti-drone weapons?

That way they should be able to avoid other drones and helicopters.

How many birds try to get near helicopters for a better shot?

They should respond to a "scram" signal that clears an area for things like rescue helicopters and firefighting aircraft.

Helicopters are much more problematic than planes for drones because of low-altitude flying." I wonder what size drones they are envisioning.

> They should respond to a "scram" signal that clears an area for things like rescue helicopters and firefighting aircraft.

And did the drone controllers know they were causing an issue, I doubt it." Drones in a restricted flight zone, in a fire situation will ground fire-fighting helicopters and fixed wing aircraft.

Helicopters, even a similarly over-armored model like the Russian Hind, don't have that kind of durability.