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This is exciting but a little too early for its time. Four months early to be specific.

by YeahKIA 13y ago

ori_b 13y ago
So, in other words, you think that they're outright lying about doing any development?
- YeahKIA 13y ago
  Nope they are delusional about the 2015 timeline they talk about on their website
  - rayhano 13y ago
    Helicopters (used for media coverage, passenger transport and medical emergency) provide the perfect template for the Aviation Authority and Amazon to base a framework of operation on. The main considerations will be: - Set routes/paths the drones must follow, taking I to account altitudes that minimise traffic with other things high up (buildings, aircraft, UFOs) - emergency procedures and a risk assessment for each foreseeable eventuality (not that hard considering the lack of other traffic 'up there') - limits on the amount of drones in the air within constrained geographic localities. It is likely that this could all be agreed for a single trial city well before 2015 rolls around. This isn't rocket science...
    - michaelt 13y ago
      I don't know about America but in the UK aviation authorities already permit flying models [1] and aerial work such as photography if certain requirements are met [2]. Regulators are understandably keen on collision avoidance, so they usually say UAVs must stay within the operator's line of sight - or have a 'sense and avoid' system. The UK's CAA "is not currently aware of any Sense-and-Avoid system with adequate performance and reliability" [3] So, that's the regulatory challenge. Need to sense and avoid obstacles and other aircraft, and do a good enough job of it that aviation authorities will sign off on it. (In addition to the regulatory challenge, there may also be business, operational and engineering challenges.) [1] http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1416&pageid=8153 http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1416&pageid=8153 [2] http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1995&pageid=11213 http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1995&pageid=11213 [3] http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1995&pageid=11186 http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1995&pageid=11186

This is exciting but a little too early for its time. Four months early to be specific.

by YeahKIA 13y ago

This is exciting but a little too early for its time. Four months early to be specific.

ori_b 13y ago

So, in other words, you think that they're outright lying about doing any development?

YeahKIA 13y ago
Nope they are delusional about the 2015 timeline they talk about on their website
- rayhano 13y ago
  Helicopters (used for media coverage, passenger transport and medical emergency) provide the perfect template for the Aviation Authority and Amazon to base a framework of operation on. The main considerations will be: - Set routes/paths the drones must follow, taking I to account altitudes that minimise traffic with other things high up (buildings, aircraft, UFOs) - emergency procedures and a risk assessment for each foreseeable eventuality (not that hard considering the lack of other traffic 'up there') - limits on the amount of drones in the air within constrained geographic localities. It is likely that this could all be agreed for a single trial city well before 2015 rolls around. This isn't rocket science...
  - michaelt 13y ago
    I don't know about America but in the UK aviation authorities already permit flying models [1] and aerial work such as photography if certain requirements are met [2]. Regulators are understandably keen on collision avoidance, so they usually say UAVs must stay within the operator's line of sight - or have a 'sense and avoid' system. The UK's CAA "is not currently aware of any Sense-and-Avoid system with adequate performance and reliability" [3] So, that's the regulatory challenge. Need to sense and avoid obstacles and other aircraft, and do a good enough job of it that aviation authorities will sign off on it. (In addition to the regulatory challenge, there may also be business, operational and engineering challenges.) [1] http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1416&pageid=8153 http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1416&pageid=8153 [2] http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1995&pageid=11213 http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1995&pageid=11213 [3] http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1995&pageid=11186 http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1995&pageid=11186