Since you mentioned it...

Last month, while on downwind in our Pipistrel Sinus at Moriarty, we
were hit broadside by something. The left door frame was broken in
three places and the door folded inward horizontally in the middle. I
had to hold it out of the way while finishing the pattern and landing.

At first I thought we'd been hit by an eagle but there was no biological
evidence of that, only some deep scratches on the left side window.
Someone at the airport suggested that it could have been a UAV. Damage
was over $2000! Thank you Costello for quickly getting repairs
completed. If it was a UAV and I ever learned who was flying it, I'd
want to have a friendly chat with the fellow.

Dan Marotta

On 8/13/2014 6:28 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:18:34 AM UTC-5, wrote:
Here it is without camera or PF mounted. It also floats. Ask Sean Fidler why that's a good thing - along with some prop guards. ;-)



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The scary thing is that any idiot with the money to get one can endanger themselves and others, they are remarkably easy to fly. I'm just waiting for the first serious midair with a GA aircraft, a balloon or a glider. These bozos are flying around (illegally right now) people, vehicles, aircraft and over private property. There will be accidents. FPV flying outside line-of-sight is illegal, even below 400' and outside the 5 mi perimeter of airports.