micky wrote:
OT Drones, or unmanned aircraft

Heard on Kojo Nnambi that unmanned aircraft for commericial (and
private?) use will be legal next year, and got to thinking.....

In a regular plane, the pilot can look over his left shoulder and see
what's back there, and if he adjusts his right sideview mirror right,
he can see what's back there on the right side. He can turn the
plane slightly and see what is around him 360^ He can lift his head
and through a clear canopy, he can see what is above him.

Is any of this true with unmanned planes. I have the feeling the
pilot can see straight ahead, and if it has a down-pointed camera,
straight down. Am I piloting the Hy-un-dry of unmanned planes?

Back 40 years ago I was in a unmanned plane group in the army. Those flew
about 200 mph. If you let it fly, it would go in a straight line by
gyroscope. If it lost signal, motor would shut off and chute deployed.

Other jet aircraft were also flown nearby. Radar would be used to fly them.
Pretty much clear desert range.

We flew for Vulcan training. 100 round per second shells. Sometimes they
could never hit the plane and we would fake a hit. RCAT fort bliss,
mcgregor range nm.

Greg