Maybe even auto laser-turrets for more epic-ness?
Since we have such a shitshow of a US government, can someone tell the new FAA person to add turrets to planes? Ya know, 'Murica 2nd Amendment and all… 👀
Surely, nothing will ever go wrong with this? Right?
The bullets that don’t hit the birds would rain down on populated areas.
Bird strikes happen at lower altitudes and airliners fly much higher than birds unless they’re taking off or landing, and they almost always takeoff or land near a populated area.
More people would die on average from stay bullets then from airplane crates caused my bird strikesBut, what’s your take on the lasers though? 🤔
You’d need chemical lasers to quickly vaporize birds, but it could be done.
See https://sh.itjust.works/c/noncredibledefense for more info
Easy, use dry ice bullets!
The bullets that don’t hit the birds would rain down on populated areas.
So… just your average Fourth of July celebrations?
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What’s the terminal velocity of a bullet? My guess is that it’s similar to the terminal velocity of a penny.
In other words, raining bullets are highly unlikely to directly kill anyone (although they could still sting if they hit you, or chip your windshield).
They could use ice bullets and solve that problem though….
That depends mostly on their size, as size is reduced mass decreases faster than drag. Smaller birdshot is no longer dangerous after a couple hundred yards while large rifle bullets can kill even after traveling several miles.
Terminal velocity is really only relevant for objects that go below terminal velocity and then start falling. Bullets famously come out of guns very fast, so fast they go into people.
While air will slow the bullet down, tell that to the guy over over 2 miles away from Viacheslav Kovalskyi
Now, bird shot ain’t sniper rounds, but the point stands.
You are incorrect. Many people have been killed by bullets falling back to earth. There is even a law in Arizona named after a little girl killed that way.
Shooting guns in the air should result in prison and lifetime forfeiture of the privilege to own firearms. It’s irresponsible and extremely negligent.
And I’m not anti-gun. I own 3 and enjoy target shooting. What I am, is anti-gun ownership by morons.
Their actually isn’t a statistics large amount of aviation incident recently. Its like a couple years back when everyone was freaked out about shark attacks despite them being no more command than usual.
Yeah, that one at Reagan was just especially tragic and in a wild week.
Any repercussions of the gutting of the FAA and similar crap from the administration will likely take more time to become apparent, as the general air traffic control system becomes less regulated
Good news: Not only do we have BirdStrikes, but also CrowdStrikes
I have a better idea….why not cover up the front of the engines so the blades aren’t exposed. Let’s face it, it’s really dangerous having that area open like it is.
xD
Better make the seal airtight just in case
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Something to think about. It’s us invading THEIR airspace. NOT the other way around.
The intake of a jet engine can kill birds a dozen at a time. The exhaust can drive them extinct. A turret would be just showing off.
I bet it’s much cheaper to just let people die in the occasional plane crash, than to add weight to each plane.
Spoken like a real shareholder
Or just add a bomb that can be remotely detonated, so whenever an accident happens, they can detonate the bomb and shift the blame from the regulators / aircraft manufacturer to “terrorism”, then they can pass another
Patriot ActEnabling Act to combat terrorism.
Not soon enough.
If anything like this was ever done it’s more likely it would be independent drones flying ahead of the plane at its 10 and 2 o’clock
But then you don’t get 'Murican style 2nd Amendment epic movie-style action 🇺🇸🦅🎆
That would be cool. Boringly though, there are safer ways as well. Birds tend to be scared of loud bangs, so you could scare them away with just sounds.
“Passengers, please disregard the banging noises. That’s totally normal.”
Now that you put it that way, it’s mildly terrifying.
Never understood why they can’t make a missile detect this and just aim for the center point where all the heat / chaff / IR is coming from.
The pilots would be evading hard so the center is moving around a lot too
