Slightly off-topic question but is a 2 pound drone capable of traveling 100mph in freefall? What determines/is its terminal velocity?
As for the medical bills there is another hearing to determine how much he will need to pay the victim. I'd certainly argue for 100% of everything such that financially it's like it never happened.
My <.5 lb drone certainly has a terminal velocity that is well below 100mph. I've seen videos of similar ones free falling and crashing with virtually no damage to the drone itself, because the terminal velocity is relatively low.
OTOH, the parent post appears to be someone who builds his own. Some race drones would likely have fairly impressive terminal velocities due to their compact, dense frames.
I'm not sure what a common commercial one would fall like (Phantom, Mavic Pro, etc).
A baseball is about a third of pound and relatively compact. This drone weighs something like 6-7x as much and has a lot more surface area and very different drag coefficients. I'm not sure there's really any comparison to be made.
As for the medical bills there is another hearing to determine how much he will need to pay the victim. I'd certainly argue for 100% of everything such that financially it's like it never happened.