weirdjim
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I'm well aware of the new FAA drone rules. Thanks.
I'm peripherally involved with a group that enters the "RoboWars" every year in the heavyweight competition. That's robots weighing 242# or less. That's a significant fraction of an ultralight.
There is no restriction that I can find for aerial combatants. That is, if I can drop a tool steel hyper-pointed 25# weight on a terrestrial battlebot from above I think I can pretty well compete. There are navigation problems to take care of, but motion detectors, magnetometers, infrared and such might be useful.
Problem ... lifting a 25# weight up fifteen feet and moving it around. I've never seen a drone that can carry this kind of a load and we don't have an aeronautics department to do the analysis for me. I just know that it only has to stay aloft for 3 minutes to do its job. Helicopter?
Just fyi, I don't see any restriction on internal combustion engines either, but I'm sure there is a rule about flammable liquids.
Thoughts?
Jim
I'm peripherally involved with a group that enters the "RoboWars" every year in the heavyweight competition. That's robots weighing 242# or less. That's a significant fraction of an ultralight.
There is no restriction that I can find for aerial combatants. That is, if I can drop a tool steel hyper-pointed 25# weight on a terrestrial battlebot from above I think I can pretty well compete. There are navigation problems to take care of, but motion detectors, magnetometers, infrared and such might be useful.
Problem ... lifting a 25# weight up fifteen feet and moving it around. I've never seen a drone that can carry this kind of a load and we don't have an aeronautics department to do the analysis for me. I just know that it only has to stay aloft for 3 minutes to do its job. Helicopter?
Just fyi, I don't see any restriction on internal combustion engines either, but I'm sure there is a rule about flammable liquids.
Thoughts?
Jim
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