• WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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    9 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.

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      9 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.

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      9 days ago

      Just looked up the episode (2015, Ep8). (also some cool U2 stuff)

      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. From personal experience even the folding blades will give you at least surface cuts. Do not randomly assume they will not cut you, especially if you grab them.

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        9 days ago

        This a dumb argument in general

        It would fucking hurt like hell to say the least and the bird doesnt deserve that