> It’s not that drones get tired. It’s just that if they’re delivering your box of cat food and low-rise socks, dropping down to put them on your patio, and the

> It’s not that drones get tired. It’s just that if they’re delivering your box of cat food and low-rise socks, dropping down to put them on your patio, and then flying back up for the next delivery takes power they need to conserve. Descending and ascending slowly should use nearly the same amount of energy as hovering. Am I missing something? Also the added time spent doing the descending then ascending versus just dropping the package from hovering is certainly negligible compared to the energy needed to fly from depot to drop-off and back.