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Exactly. Given that most birds weigh less than 4 pounds and bird strikes can take an engine out completely.

Plus, if @jacquesm says it, it must be true. ;-)

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These pico balloons weigh grams.
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Yeah, I think ours was less than 10 grams.

As rules go, IIRC at least here in the Czech Republic anything below 100 g is unregulated, you just need to have a licensed amateur radio operator, so that the probe can broadcast in the 20 meter WSPR band under his callsign.

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Parent to mine mentioned 4 pounds.
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