Many are the occasions in which the authorities have warned us that it is very dangerous to fly our drone near any restricted airspace. Because until now there was no evidence that a drone could cause real damage to, for example, a commercial aircraftMany users said that these restrictions did not make any sense claiming precisely that the dimensions of one of these devices and weight compared to those of an airplane were practically ridiculous.
Due precisely to this way of thinking, in recent months there have been several incidents between airplanes and drones due to the fact that many fans flew too close to the airplanes looking, for many, the perfect shot, an action that many other situations do not take into account, such as the fact that an airplane is literally landing, a maneuver that is classified as the most dangerous that a pilot can perform.
Although many do not believe it, a plane can suffer severe damage when hitting a drone
Due precisely to the danger that a drone can fly near a commercial airplane (or another type of aircraft) when it is performing certain maneuvers, it is not surprising that a group of researchers, in China, have wanted to demonstrate how dangerous this can be both for the plane at a structural level and for all the passengers who travel inside.
The idea has been to use a mock-up of the cockpit of an airplane that is propelled by rocket in order to simulate, on land, the speed when one of these devices travels at an altitude of 500 meters. In this situation, a drone, this time manufactured by DJI, collides with the cockpit resulting in literally the crew being able to lose vision, something that can cause the pilot may lose control of the plane.