A presentation I gave on the about drone ingestion into jet engines. The presentation was to spark the debate on if we should start testing jet engines to see if they can cope with ingesting a drone.
Related blog post: http://www.atmosphericblog.com/drone-ingestion-presentation/
9. Swiss Cheese
Model of Safety
Each Safety Measure
Taken (A Slice) has Gaps
or Failure (Holes)
Multiple Slices are
Needed to Cover the
Gaps
Incidents and Accidents
Happen when Gaps and
Failures Align
11. Calls for More Slices
More Regulation
Registration
Anti-Drone Technology
12. Calls for More Slices
More Regulation
Registration
Anti-Drone Technology
Make Manned Aircraft
more Tolerant of
Dronestrikes
13. How can we do this?
European Aviation Safety Agency are Consulting
on Birdstrike Regulations
https://hub.easa.europa.eu/crt/docs/viewnpa/id_385
14. The New Birdstrike Test Regulations
Changes are to Engines for Bird Ingestion While
an Aircraft is Taking-Off
15. Drones are not
Birds
Birds are Soft
But Can Still Bring down
Aircraft
Similar Type of Event
Something Flying into an
Engine
Most Change of Planes
and Drones meeting is at
Airports
16. Hudson River Crash
15 January 2009
Two 8 pound birds, One in Each Engine
Prompted Changes in America
EASA Changes are to Improve Safety & Maintain
Alignment
17. More Akin to Blade-
Off Test…
Simulation by Virginia Tech
8 Pound Drone
https://vimeo.com/144401420
A380 Blade-Off Test
https://youtu.be/j973645y5AA?t=3m9s