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Little Drone, Big Damage - Drone that bent this wing weighed less than half a pound


Photos of the internal damage caused by a drone strike on the wing of a CL-415 waterbomber in California 10 days ago show that even tiny drones pack a punch. The drone, pieces of which were recovered from inside the wing, has been identified as weighing less than half a pound. The impact over Pacific Palisades bent the front of a rib and a horizontal leading edge member, and the water-scooping amphib required significant repairs.


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Little Drone, Big Damage

Drone that bent this wing weighed less than half a pound.
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William Robison
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The structure of a wing isn't designed to take a stress (impact) from the direction.
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Adam Hunt
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Well they sometimes have some extra leading edge thickness for bird resistance, but there us only so much you can do without too much of a weight penalty. In general the structure is designed with redundancy so a hit like this will not bring the aircraft down, so you can safely land it and repair it instead.
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