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why couldn't we do this before with RC planes

• roryisok 9y ago
  Because they can't hover
• King-Aaron 9y ago
  They sort of do, just with seeds instead of saplings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_seeding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_seeding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_drones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_drones I think the real advancement here is the autonomous component of it.
• ovi256 9y ago
  VCs would not throw wads of cash at a business plan that uses RC planes. But have it use quad-copters, and boom! They make it rain. It's the novelty of it, basically. We're not yet inoculated, as a society, to the charm of quad-copters.
  • TeMPOraL 9y ago
    At this point, it's not about quadcopters, it's just about the name. "Drones". The new sexy name for RC planes and helicopters/multirotors.
    • brango 9y ago
      That can fly themselves and perform accurate 3D manoeuvres.
      • TeMPOraL 9y ago
        So can regular RC copters if you fit them with appropriate electronics.
        • brango 9y ago
          Wouldn't it then be a drone?
          • TeMPOraL 9y ago
            It would. That's why I wrote, that "drone" is "the new sexy name for RC planes and helicopters/multirotors".