30-01-2019, 08:47 AM
(29-01-2019, 08:46 PM)Celwin Wrote: It's a future intention and sounds like it may involve something like a transponder so that other aircraft may be able to be alerted to a drone's presence. I can only imagine that it would be/could be used on large drones that are flying a pre-set GPS course over long distances, way beyond LOS. Smaller models may have a microchip injected somewhere, so that when they're ingested into a cessna's cockpit or engine, CASA will be able to scan it and then return it to it's owner with a smile. Easy...
Kelvin and a mate of his were developing a program for full size aircraft that warned that a drone was in the area. it meant that all drones will be fitted with transponders, so Kelvin had an inkling that Casa was going down the road of registration of drones a few years ago. Turns out the cost of development of program & implementation into aircraft big & small was going to cost millions and the USA partners were starting to buck a bit at the cost of implementation.
If someone could develop a transponder that shut down the drone if it was in the controlled airspace around a airport would save a lot of grief. The chip would be incorporated on the main board & linked so that tampering would render drone incapable of flight. People would soon learn not to fly near airports.
