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feel bad for the people living in areas cited like Coventry and Rugby who will suddenly have far more air traffic overhead
by olivermarks 4y ago
feel bad for the people living in areas cited like Coventry and Rugby who will suddenly have far more air traffic overhead
- jfim 4y agoOn the upside they're not quadcopters, the noise from dozens or hundreds of those flying by daily would drive people completely insane.
- 8note 4y agoNo more than the thousands of cars, I imagine Cars and trucks are really loud
- Aperocky 4y agoquadcopters are pretty quiet if they are flying at a good distance, it's only the ones zooming in that are loud. Just be as far away as you'd like an actual highway, but in this case vertical space works too.
- saint_abroad 4y agoSound decreases by 6dB for every doubling of distance: https://www.airbornedrones.co/drone-noise-levels/ https://www.airbornedrones.co/drone-noise-levels/ So a typical 80db commercial drone flying at 300m (CAA minimum) would be 50db at ground level (closest point), or about a loud conversation (but less than quiet road traffic).
- Aperocky 4y agodrones noise are very directed, the side noises are much smaller than if directly below. Source: I did drone noise research a few years ago. It's almost impossible to detect via noise with decent distance (>100m) unless directly under.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoIt may reduce overall vehicle traffic if drone deliveries displace some car, van, and plane trips. Could be a win all totalled.
- beanjuice 4y agoUnless the drones are 737s or larger, i doubt this is possible unfortunately.