Comment on The Picture of the Century... Nature defeats Technology
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 days agoThey can cut the shit out of you. They won’t sever a finger or anything with the stock props (some aftermarket carbon fiber stuff might though), but they’ll fuck up flesh.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The mythbusters tested this a while ago so things might have changed but even their heavy duty camera drone with carbon fiber could not go through bones if I remember correctly. Most drones will not seriously cut you or even break skin. The one in the picture definitely will not.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 days ago
A phantom will absolutely break skin. I flew one for years.
Lots of newer drones like the Mavic series have folding props that won’t break skin, but those fixed-blade props were like getting hit with a weed-whacker.
turmacar@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Just looked up the episode (2015, Ep8).
They’re investigating whether it would be deadly by cutting through your neck. Drone tech has also changed significantly in the last decade. They literally have trouble flying straight and level and hitting the neck of their dummy. But their main problem is the drone hits something and falls away. They put the same smaller prop on a stick and saw into a plucked chicken. Their bigger one did actually slice the neck open before falling away.
Modern drones have much more powerful motors. Do not randomly assume they will not cut you, especially if you grab them.
thedruid@lemmy.world 4 days ago
This a dumb argument in general
It would fucking hurt like hell to say the least and the bird doesnt deserve that