Comment on Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like.

• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The primary factor is probably air density. Hot air is less dense than cold air. Humid air is less dense than dry air. High altitude air is less dense than low altitude. Hot, humid, and high, an aircraft’s available payload could be a small fraction of its cold, dry, and sea level capacity.

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  • LostXOR@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The difference in air density from 0°C to 45°C is only around 20%. I can't imagine that would be enough to cause problems, assuming the drones have a decent safety margin. I think it's more likely it's a safety precaution for the electronics.

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