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At the risk of spoiling the joke, just curious about how powerful the drones will have to be... https://www.tarpsplus.com/blue-poly-tarp-sold-individually.html

by schoen 7y ago

At the risk of spoiling the joke, just curious about how powerful the drones will have to be... https://www.tarpsplus.com/blue-poly-tarp-sold-individually.html https://www.tarpsplus.com/blue-poly-tarp-sold-individually.h... "3.5 oz. Per Square Yrd." You have: 3 mi 4 mi 3.5 oz/yd^2 You want: kg * 3688250.3 So each drone should be able to lift about a gigagram. (Also, this plastic doesn't have enough tensile strength to support its own weight when lifted from the corners.)

HillaryBriss 7y ago
Good point! The plan needs refinement. I guess they could break the job down: use one team of 4 drones to lift multiple 1 square yard tarps. Let's see, 12 square miles is roughly 37 million square yards. Multiplying by four they would only need about 150 million drones. Quite affordable for today's well-funded terrorist with an Amazon Prime account (as long as they choose 3-5 business day shipping instead of overnight).