03-24-2003, 05:33 AM
You're looking at the situation the wrong way. I'm only referring to choppers flying BESIDE one another, not one in front of the other(one above the other might still work) Therefore, the proximity warning would still be valid, since if you're flying at 100 mph and the other guy is also flyig around 100 mph, you should theoretically be able to veer away from a collision if you were both flying broadside to one another:
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Even if they were flying in a wedge/diamond/V formation, provided the 2 choppers were NOT flying STRAIGHT INTO ONE ANOTHER, the proximity warning would still be sufficient:
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After all, if you were trying to keep a particular formation(for whatever strategic reason), you'd obviously try to keep the same speed as your formation buddies right?
Assuming the aircraft is about 8 feet wide by 20 feet long, with about 20 feet of rotor blades(from one end to another, the diameter of the circle would be about 20 feet), the ideal distance would be to keep an airspace of about 35 feet apart from another aircraft, so a warning at 35 feet or less of proximity in about a 120 arc on either side should be sufficient.
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Instead of like this:
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Even if they were flying in a wedge/diamond/V formation, provided the 2 choppers were NOT flying STRAIGHT INTO ONE ANOTHER, the proximity warning would still be sufficient:
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After all, if you were trying to keep a particular formation(for whatever strategic reason), you'd obviously try to keep the same speed as your formation buddies right?
Assuming the aircraft is about 8 feet wide by 20 feet long, with about 20 feet of rotor blades(from one end to another, the diameter of the circle would be about 20 feet), the ideal distance would be to keep an airspace of about 35 feet apart from another aircraft, so a warning at 35 feet or less of proximity in about a 120 arc on either side should be sufficient.