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

histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Maybe if they used bigger craft with larger payload capacity and longer range

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  • lipilee@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And maybe that craft could have wheels instead of rotors to mitigate the rain/wind problems… i think we might be on to something here!

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    • CarlsIII@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A drone with wheels? That could work. It sound dangerous having them on the road with other vehicles though, maybe they should be driven manually.

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  • UnspecificGravity@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The problem is that the bigger and heavier the craft the higher it’s minimum drop height is going to be because it’s more dangerous and needs more clearance.

    Obviously it also becomes much more costly to run.

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Put a little parachute on the package to soften the fall! /s

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      • Zevlen@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That made me laugh… I was imagining a small parachute hooked up to a plasma TV 😲

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      • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The UK drone delivery does that

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  • grayman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Like a Chinook!?

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    • lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Haha, now I am picturing a huge Chinook delivering the smallest package of essentially bullshit to my door.

      Yeah, I am totally behind that idea.

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      • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Or one of the ch54 skycranes delivering a shipping container of amazon returns to the auction winners.

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  • histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    not even necessary a bigger capacity I mean it being just able to bring me like a bag of chips or something I forgot for dinner would be great

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    • Fluke@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      While people will undoubtedly take the piss, for a number of reasons, it’s less energy expenditure / lower footprint than you getting in your car/truck and going to the store and getting them yourself.

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      • ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If you factor in all the logistics and systems necessary to run the drone operations and all associated functions, is it likely to be much of a saving?

        I could see something like this as useless for medical prescription delivery, but that comes with its own issues and dangers.

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      • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Would it be less energy expenditure than a delivery van making multiple stops on its way to deliver you your bag of chips?

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• chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s where range issues pop up.

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  • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And poachers perhaps

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