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Very very hard. Purpose built high performance helicopters can barely make it to the Everest summit on ideal days. The air gets so thin they struggle with lift
by rtkwe 2y ago
Very very hard. Purpose built high performance helicopters can barely make it to the Everest summit on ideal days. The air gets so thin they struggle with lift while hovering which to need to land.
- BurningFrog 2y agoI'm guessing personal jet packs aren't a replacement yet?
- gambiting 2y agoOn the other hand DJI has flown their regular consumer Mavic 3 Pro(although I bet it has been modified in some way) all the way to the top, so I have no doubt that with enough of them you could construct almost anything. Not that it would be allowed or even desirable by anyone there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIyIMqwu0E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIyIMqwu0E
- BurningFrog 2y agoWow. That must have been a very windless day!
- rtkwe 2y agoThe helicopter flight that landed on the summit briefly was helped by some strong updrafts according to the pilot. It also looks like it was a number of flights.
- arrowsmith 2y agoWoah - that footage is incredible. And it made me dizzy.
- gregors 2y ago"hard" is not a technical issue. They would never allow it to be built in the first place since it has no place being there.
- rtkwe 2y agoIt can and is both imo. It's technically hard to get supplies up that high and culturally people wouldn't want so obviously lessen the accomplishment of getting to the summit.