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Medical Flight Hit by Laser!






Just sounds like another kid shining a cheap ebay pen into any flying object he sees.
Which is also detrimental to the laser community's reputation.
 
As said by Photonz, I think about it the same.

Another immature, dumb kid who thinks it's funny to endanger other peoples life.
 
It should be a crime and something similar to an assault charge. Now banning all pointers..... That won't stop immature people from putting other people in harms way.
 
Photonz said:
Just sounds like another kid shining a cheap ebay pen into any flying object he sees.
Which is also detrimental to the laser community's reputation.
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Would a cheap ebay pen be able to the damage that the article describes?
 
J0SHUA said:
Would a cheap ebay pen be able to the damage that the article describes?
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Easily, all cheap eBay pens DO NOT include an IR filter.

All it takes is one of those pens shined in your eye and permanent damage can occur rapidly.
 
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^not going to waste my time correcting that

and let them make it illegal... and let me (and most of us I suspect) give zero fucks.
 
^ ill waste my time :p

A cheap eBay pen is not doing that kind of damage to a heli pilot. It may hit him and temporary disorient him if he was hit absolutely directly , but as far as burning his eye. No.

You would need a SERIOS laser to burn someone's eye at that distance, and a eBay pen, no matter how super overspec it is and how much ir ( even if 100%) wouldn't do damage. The ir would not travel that far to begin with.

(Time sufficiently wasted :D)
 
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I wouldn't think someone who has the ability to find an Actual powerful green laser (above 500mW) would think it was a good idea to point it at a helicopter. Usually those kind of people who point their lasers at aircrafts end up buying their lasers from sketchy sites that advertise their green lasers at 2W for $50(when they are actually 50mW).
Honestly, this story doesn't seem to add up...
1. It would take someone who did their research and found an actual powerful 532nm/520nm laser
2. That person would have to be willing to spend around $1000+ for the laser
3. But, that same person would have to have no common sense and purposefully aim the laser at any window/cockpit to try to hit someone...

IMO I think they are exaggerating the story by calling it a burn and leaving out the part when his sight returns to normal in a day or two.
 
Actually, the IR can travel as the green light but it's less collimated. Both beams will diverge and I doubt it has the power density to cause damage at a heli's operating altitude.

I don't get it why people fuss so much about IR when actually, the green light is more of a hazard. Kinda bit irrational if you ask me.
 
Zeebit said:
Actually, the IR can travel as the green light but it's less collimated. Both beams will diverge and I doubt it has the power density to cause damage at a heli's operating altitude.

I don't get it why people fuss so much about IR when actually, the green light is more of a hazard. Kinda bit irrational if you ask me.
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a bit IRrational... :crackup:
anyway, I agree. I believe the fact that you can't see IR plays a role in people exaggerating how dangerous it is.
 
I'm sorry I should have said be dangerous at that distance, not that it wouldn't travel that far. My mistake. But nonetheless , to "burn his eye" would take some power.
 
Tell me how much more dangerous it is than the green light.

@Tmack - I wasn't talking to you :p
 
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@zeebit O I was just reading what I wrote and it needed an adjustment that's all. :D

I've posted on many threads about all these people freaking out about ir , then two days later posting a review of their 1w 445 , when they just told someone to throw away a 100mw 532 because of the ir content .

Some members always want to preach to people to make them seem like they are giving " guidance to the uninformed" and when someone says maybe its not as bad as you think, they flip their lid . Lol as you can see, I've been in that conversation a few times.
 
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I don't understand IR hysteria at all. The laser is going to damage your eye if it hits it, end of. I have a laser pen that leaks IR - it shows up readily in ordinary photos alongside the 532 emission, I don't treat it any differently than the other one which doesn't emit IR. If it annoys that much, buy an IR filter and shut up...
 
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