Possible I think if something small like a wingtip passed rapidly through the prop disc (depending on the closing speed and prop rpm). Of course there may have been less serious damage to another blade (or blades) as well.
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Possible I think if something small like a wingtip passed rapidly through the prop disc (depending on the closing speed and prop rpm). Of course there may have been less serious damage to another blade (or blades) as well.
Looking at the video again I'm pretty sure that's a 4-bladed prop.
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I count three and a half
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Yep, think you're right.
I was going by Google images: most show a 3 blade, but some definitely have 4.
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At 3:50 it is explained that the extended range variant has an additional propeller blade.
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I was wondering how long it would be before one of the many Air Crash Investigators here started a thread. 
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Well it's pretty clear that this was a near miss.I was wondering how long it would be before one of the many Air Crash Investigators here started a thread.
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What a strange phrase that is "near miss".....near hit surely.......if you only nearly missed something you have actually hit it. My wife in her SLK had a "near miss" with a deer a while back.....an actual miss would have been better....then it would not have needed a new wing, door and headlight!
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Oh yes!I was wondering how long it would be before one of the many Air Crash Investigators here started a thread.
My theory?
Like the recently-grounded SpiceJet crew, I reckon the Soviet pilot was reaching for his mid morning snack, but nudged the throttles and fuel jettison switch accidentally.
I'm guessing that Russkies didn't know that the drone had cameras fitted...?
I reckon they thought the view up & aft would be much more restricted than it actually is (given the position of the camera gimbal under the nose).
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The pilot has been awarded a medal of some sort.
Good analysis of the video by ex-USAF / current Boeing 777 pilot Juan Browne here:
He points out that the Russian pilot was closing with the drone in the blind spot underneath his aircraft, making a collision very likely:
He also shows that at least one other prop blade was seriously damaged in the impact (rotated into the feathered position).
He points out that the Russian pilot was closing with the drone in the blind spot underneath his aircraft, making a collision very likely:
He also shows that at least one other prop blade was seriously damaged in the impact (rotated into the feathered position).
