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Drones are really annoyingly loud. This isn't a bad thing at all.
by orasis 12y ago
Drones are really annoyingly loud. This isn't a bad thing at all.
- bramswenson 12y agoHow quickly do you think they will get quieter?
- radiorental 12y agoDepends, how fast can you run from our future robot overlords. Point being, noise should be the the least of concerns http://rt.com/news/167168-riot-control-pepper-spray-drone/ http://rt.com/news/167168-riot-control-pepper-spray-drone/
- bramswenson 12y agoWell, if they are quieter, we won't hear them coming to riot control us.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoQuick: http://www.wired.com/2012/07/owl/ http://www.wired.com/2012/07/owl/ That article is from almost two years ago. Use ducted fans, find ways to generate more lift at slower prop speeds.
- tizzdogg 12y agoThat article says they are trying to make military drones "about equivalent to a chainsaw when up close". So that's still louder than a lot of the hobby drones out there today. Having flying chainsaw-level noises everywhere will still be pretty annoying.
- mgr86 12y agoI cannot argue the noise aspect, but I do thing not allowing experiments in drone delivery a bad thing. I strongly suspect that self-driving cars are on the horizon. With that presumption, I suspect self-flying cars would not be far off and that the technology that would drive that would come from parcel delivering drones.
- jkaljundi 12y agoFor experimentation the FAA has set up a program called UAS test sites: http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsid=15575 http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsid=15... and http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uas/ http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uas/ No problem with testing, but it must be done step by step.
- mgr86 12y agoyes, but would the motivation and money for testing not be more available if there was an allowable marketplace* * note - I didn't read your links completely.
- logfromblammo 12y agoThis ignores the economics. If you look to the FDA as the template, the strict testing regime and the cost of navigating through the process ensures that only patent-protected drugs ever get approved for human medical use. I extrapolate, perhaps inappropriately, that the combination of an FAA ban on commercial drones and a testing initiative will mean that only proprietary, patent-protected, and closed-source drones--and their software packages--will ever have access to this potentially interesting and useful market. And that barrier to entry will make everything more expensive, in the same way that a GPS becomes more expensive when installed in an avionics panel than when it is strapped to the pilot's thigh. Premature optimization is not optimization at all.
- jkaljundi 12y agoAlso motorcycles, airplanes, some cars and quite many people.
- ars 12y agoAnd motorcycles with defective mufflers should be banned. Airplanes are already heavily restricted in where they can fly.
- NoPiece 12y agoThere is a lot more of the US the I can fly over than drive through.
- bdamm 12y agoMotorcycles with defective (or removed) mufflers are banned in most places. Airplanes with defective mufflers should be banned too.
- sokoloff 12y agoBecause of the strict maintenance requirements on certified aircraft, you won't find many (read: basically zero) piston engine airplanes flying with improperly modified or defective mufflers. In single-engine airplanes, those could represent a significant safety hazard to the people in the cabin. Turboprops and jet engines don't really have mufflers per-se. Some aircraft have aftermarket "hush kits", but that's relatively uncommon as well.
- bdamm 12y agoThe one and only piston-powered airplane I've taken into a deep pre-buy inspection had a wrecked muffler core. My sample size is one, so did I "win" the lottery? I have no particular reason to believe this aircraft is especially noteworthy for its airworthiness or level of care.
- baddox 12y agoMultirotors are not particularly loud. Have you been around them much?