re: Drone crashed into Seattle’s Space Needle on New Year’s Eve

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Looks like they just lost control of it. Certainly wasn't aiming for anything in particular.

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Yeah, most likely a fly away.

There are a lot of rich idiots out there though with the inspire line. They just go buy the most expensive one from the most visible brand of drone and then proceed to break all the FAA rules.

700-800 feet flight height, hope they bust the frick out of this idiot.

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I've thought about this too. I think payload is the big issue. Personal drones can only carry so much weight. Maybe not enough to cause carnage. Now if the got their hands on an Amazon type drone then who knows.

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If my little DJI Mavic Pro hits someone, it will mess them the frick up. Those little blades slice through the skin pretty good. Seeing some of the hand injuries from idiots trying to catch them on landing is pretty gruesome.

The DJI Inspire in this video is a much larger and powerful drone. It could kill someone falling on them from 700 feet easily. It could handle some payload to it too. The newer Inspire 2 is much more powerful, it could probably handle a small military explosive. Not like a pressure cooker one.