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.
Comment on Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 7 months agoMaybe if they used bigger craft with larger payload capacity and longer range
UnspecificGravity@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Put a little parachute on the package to soften the fall! /s
Zevlen@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That made me laugh… I was imagining a small parachute hooked up to a plasma TV 😲
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 7 months ago
The UK drone delivery does that
grayman@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Like a Chinook!?
lud@lemm.ee 7 months 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.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Or one of the ch54 skycranes delivering a shipping container of amazon returns to the auction winners.
histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months 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
Fluke@lemm.ee 7 months 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.
ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 7 months 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.
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 7 months ago
Yeah, almost definitely. Even if those systems have a relatively high power draw, they’re still not being powered by a low efficiency ice engine but are being powered by a grid that’s only getting greener. Also factor in the fact that a car+person is minimum about 1100kg that needs to be transported as opposed to the often 500ish g items needed plus the weight of the drone
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Would it be less energy expenditure than a delivery van making multiple stops on its way to deliver you your bag of chips?
lipilee@feddit.nl 7 months 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!
CarlsIII@kbin.social 7 months 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.