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> There's no way in the world these tiny drones can fly 10 miles each way, carry 5lbs of payload Today, there are prototypes that cost $2000, can carry well ov
by loup-vaillant 13y ago
> There's no way in the world these tiny drones can fly 10 miles each way, carry 5lbs of payload
Today, there are prototypes that cost $2000, can carry well over 2kg (high definition cameras and such), and have a twenty miles range (that's 40 miles worth of "fuel"). As for perfect delivery… until you can miniaturize self-driving car technology, you can always have a human pilot manually landing the thing and take off. 30 seconds of human work for a small delivery, that's not too bad.
- ye 13y agoLink to the prototype.
- loup-vaillant 13y agoCan't. I met the guy in person while travelling by train. He had the drone in question in his suitcase. He did tell me however he was involved with this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvRTALJp8DM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvRTALJp8DM (Or another such effort —I met him in France.)
- ye 13y agoAh, so you base it on what you were told by a random guy on a train. LOL.
- loup-vaillant 13y agoRandom guy? Foolish mortal, you have no idea how much information he gave me. We talked for well over 2 hours. I know for a fact he has a solid technical background, and a weird twisted antenna sticking out the suitcase (about which I asked). I also fly radio controlled planes for a hobby, so I do have an idea how much these things cost, and the figures he gave me sounded reasonable. On the other hand, to you, I am such a random guy. So don't trust me. I may not be as knowledgeable as I say, I may have misreported some key facts, I may even be lying to your face (I swear I don't, but you will never know). On the other hand… …Do not ever presume to know how much I should know from a couple short comments. It's just not enough to tell you what I know, let alone how I think I know it.