[Outbackmanyep]

Originally Posted by CoombellKid

And what a media beat up that was, there is no way that laser could
temporarily blinded the cameraman, it wasn't the pilot. It is impossible
for several reason, the distance and devergence of the beam (it was
no longer a focalised beam) and it being most likely hand held to keep
it on an eyeball several hundred meter away handheld on a moving target
impossible. Your talking mW's here.

Still it's a stupid thing to do, just causes trouble.

regards,CS

I noticed Channel 9 here had a story on it last night, they showed the footage of the laser being pointed at the helicopter and then they showed someone lighting a cigarette with it, and i thought "surely thats BS"

Is it possible to light a cig with it?? I would have doubted it, i used a 5mW pointer and it hardly gives off any heat!