Officials probe first possible drone-related aircraft crash in the US

[ClearedHot]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/officials-probe-first-possible-drone-130500520.html

[HossHarris]

Yup...

”why were you pushing things?  Why did you hit that tree?”

”uhhhhhh....there was a drone!”

[war007afa]

So not near an airport...at 50’.  I’m going to call shenanigans. I considered right of way rules, but since a helicopter can hover, I guess it could go either way?

[Breckey]

There is no minimum altitude for helicopters outside of the required lateral distance from dwellings and people. We fly at 50 feet regularly.

[uhhello]

34 minutes ago, Breckey said:

There is no minimum altitude for helicopters outside of the required lateral distance from dwellings and people. We fly at 50 feet regularly.

Define regularly

[Hopefulflyer389]

15 minutes ago, uhhello said:

Define regularly

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regularly

[raimius]

4 hours ago, uhhello said:

Define regularly

Probably between 30 and 60% of scheduled lines, as a guesstimate.  Personally, I tend to favor 100ft for low-level so I have a little more reaction time for EPs and am less likely to wire-strike an uncharted line.  (Lots of 30-50ft lines out there.)

Edited February 16, 2018 by raimius

[Breckey]

It's also the standard deployed day-rage altitude.

 

 

[Hodor]

Daytime Rage time.