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Do not overestimate the technological challenges of going high up. An autonomous drone that can work at all in Denver, must also be able to operate at a mile h
by btilly 8y ago
Do not overestimate the technological challenges of going high up. An autonomous drone that can work at all in Denver, must also be able to operate at a mile high in Los Angeles.
- ryanmercer 8y agoI just want to throw out there that you're not wrong but keep in mind that there's a pretty big difference between operating 100ft off the ground in Denver and operating 1 mile above Los Angeles. Know why? You need enough battery/fuel to climb 0.99 miles minus 435ft in L.A. (and presumably safely descend) through progressively thinner atmosphere, in Denver you need need enough battery/fuel to climb 100 ft in thinner atmosphere. The amount of planes flying 100ft above the terrain is considerably less than those that are operating between 100ft and 0.99 miles above the terrain.
- btilly 8y agoThere are good reasons that I said "autonomous" and "operate" as qualifiers. Both direct control from the ground and getting a mile high are potential additional challenges in Los Angeles.