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The closest example that comes to mind was done by the University of Dayton

https://giphy.com/gifs/48LkLrgh9AKmcFUVxe/html5

That simulated an aircraft's wing vs a drone at 238 mph. I was actually kinda surprised by the amount of damage inflicted.

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If only the skin was damaged, what effect would that have on the ability to land a typical passenger jet?

Also, did that simulation mostly damage just the skin, or did it also get the machinery inside the wing?

Machinery inside. They simulated a bird strike too and found that to damage the internals less, so they suggested that future drone development might take that in to account and crumple closer to a bird strike.

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