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1) Non-electric. Means higher emissions, operating costs, more complicated. 2) swashplate-based means more maintenance, low frequency sound that travels furthe
by Robotbeat 5y ago
1) Non-electric. Means higher emissions, operating costs, more complicated.
2) swashplate-based means more maintenance, low frequency sound that travels further.
3) Not commercially available. It’s for military use primarily.
When people (EDIT: i.e. normies) use drone in this context, they’re talking about multi rotor electric vehicles that have less maintenance (in principle) than conventional helicopters.
- nradov 5y ago"Drone" has been an established term for decades. It is absolutely not limited to multi-rotor electric vehicles. The Yamaha Fazer gasoline powered helicopter is commercially available. They specifically label it as a "drone". https://global.yamaha-motor.com/news/2016/1011/fazer_r_g2.html https://global.yamaha-motor.com/news/2016/1011/fazer_r_g2.ht...
- Robotbeat 5y agoI mean, obviously you are technically correct (and, in fact, there are horizontal flight drones that are a century old... also technically "drones" and were called that a century ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle#Early_drones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle#Early_... ), but I really don't think the claim is misleading for most people, whose concept of "drone" is uncrewed electric multirotor.
- MichaelZuo 5y agoHN usually isn’t the place where we prioritize erroneous popular conceptions over the true reality.