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Additionally, how will the drones be secured? A baseball could knock these things out of the air. It's not like with a delivery person where there's a lot of ri

Additionally, how will the drones be secured? A baseball could knock these things out of the air. It's not like with a delivery person where there's a lot of risk involved trying to take a package.

tachyonbeam 9y ago
A drone large enough to ship a package will probably not be taken down by a baseball. It's also going to be difficult to throw a baseball at a moving drone. You'd also have to know when the drone is going to come by, because most of the time, they would be flying high, except when near landing. Finally, security cameras.
- Shivetya 9y ago
  well the concern I am curious about how they address it is, how will they route these drones? How high up do they need to be when crossing private property before they are not trespassing. If any have cameras attached how do we verify they only record where appropriate? if routing down existing roadways how do they fare in areas with large numbers of over head wires? my personal concerns from above are trespass and privacy. besides someone should easily be able to come up with a means to track them and nab some packages, with drones if there is enough money in it.
  - tachyonbeam 9y ago
    Most drones would likely be carrying low-value items. The risk would probably not be worth it. Each time you try to nab a drone, you are exposing yourself to the risk of being arrested and prosecuted. If security is a huge concern, keep shipping high-value items by people. Program the drones to fly in unpredictable patterns, etc.
    - jacquesm 9y ago
      > The risk would probably not be worth it. There are the parts the drone is made out of. A drone capable of lifting a package would be worth a pretty penny in parts.
- jacquesm 9y ago
  A drone large enough to ship a package will kill you when it falls down for whatever reason. I don't see this whole concept working simply due to (re)liability.

Additionally, how will the drones be secured? A baseball could knock these things out of the air. It's not like with a delivery person where there's a lot of risk involved trying to take a package.

tachyonbeam 9y ago

A drone large enough to ship a package will probably not be taken down by a baseball. It's also going to be difficult to throw a baseball at a moving drone. You'd also have to know when the drone is going to come by, because most of the time, they would be flying high, except when near landing. Finally, security cameras.

Shivetya 9y ago
well the concern I am curious about how they address it is, how will they route these drones? How high up do they need to be when crossing private property before they are not trespassing. If any have cameras attached how do we verify they only record where appropriate? if routing down existing roadways how do they fare in areas with large numbers of over head wires? my personal concerns from above are trespass and privacy. besides someone should easily be able to come up with a means to track them and nab some packages, with drones if there is enough money in it.
- tachyonbeam 9y ago
  Most drones would likely be carrying low-value items. The risk would probably not be worth it. Each time you try to nab a drone, you are exposing yourself to the risk of being arrested and prosecuted. If security is a huge concern, keep shipping high-value items by people. Program the drones to fly in unpredictable patterns, etc.
  - jacquesm 9y ago
    > The risk would probably not be worth it. There are the parts the drone is made out of. A drone capable of lifting a package would be worth a pretty penny in parts.
jacquesm 9y ago
A drone large enough to ship a package will kill you when it falls down for whatever reason. I don't see this whole concept working simply due to (re)liability.