Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Drone vs. Lightning: Guess Which One Wins?
What would happen if a drone got caught in an electrical storm?
That's the question YouTuber Tom Scott asked when he brought two DJI Phantom 3 drones to the University of Manchester’s High Voltage Laboratory. The British university's lab can generate lightning on command, thanks to an impulse generator that can create a bolt of more than 1 million volts. The drones were no match for the lightning, and were fried when caught in the middle of the bolt.
https://www.livescience.com/58697-what-happens-when-lightning-strikes-drones.html
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Kenya Kimball
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