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The FAA has shut down that beer drone delivery service that popped up last week. A moment of silence please.
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Sounds like a fish story to me
Sounds like a fish story to me
Holy mackerel, it sure does!
Both of you stop that, right this instant!
Go ahead and let them flounder about.Why not just tuna them out?
I was always surprised that the drone could carry package that heavy. One could say, something seems fishy about that.
I was always surprised that the drone could carry package that heavy. One could say, something seems fishy about that.
Fact is....The FAA is going to have to do something about civilian and commercial drones. Last time I checked, planes don't normally fly 200 feet off the ground except around airports when taking off or landing. There's no reason that they cannot allocate that airspace to drones. I would expect the operators to have some hefty insurance though just in case of an accident. (Boy killed by falling box of beer type stuff).
We need to set rules and regulations in place of an outright ban ASAP. We have known drones were coming for years, and there's no excuse to stagnate this long on a new aviation technology that can create new economic opportunities both here and abroad for American companies.There are a couple issues here:
1) The FAA doesn't allow commercial use of drones at this point. Of any sort. Period. Doesn't matter if they're short range, or low altitude.
I'm not sure why anyone would like to receive an empty cardboard box. That drone would not lift it if it actually contained beer bottles.
Can you really tell from the components though? There are certainly quad-copters around that size that could EASILY carry six beer bottles.I'm not sure why anyone would like to receive an empty cardboard box. That drone would not lift it if it actually contained beer bottles.
We need to set rules and regulations in place of an outright ban ASAP. We have known drones were coming for years, and there's no excuse to stagnate this long on a new aviation technology that can create new economic opportunities both here and abroad for American companies.
Yes it was the weight I was referring to.
The box was probably empty in the video, ...
Beer delivery by drone? Just walk your fat ass to the nearest store.
This "everything delivered to your door" mentality is not good for you guys.
Out of curiosity, I wonder about the feasability of building a beer *cannon*. You've already got a roughly bullet-shaped container of considerable mass. Just add a couple of fins and I'll bet you could get a decent projectile that would fly a considerable distance. How much of an area could you cover with a stabilized beer can projectile delivery system?
unless the dude was running this right next to an airport -- what's the issue?
are we really getting to the point where we can't fly things in reasonable spaces? The FAA should have not have it's nose into anything this small.
What's next? I can't have any sort of item, toy, model plane, above the roof line of my house?
We need to set rules and regulations in place of an outright ban ASAP. We have known drones were coming for years, and there's no excuse to stagnate this long on a new aviation technology that can create new economic opportunities both here and abroad for American companies.
If it was me, I would have refused the order and told the FAA to see me in court, to challenge whether the FAA can even claim authority over airspace below 50 feet.
Out of curiosity, I wonder about the feasability of building a beer *cannon*. You've already got a roughly bullet-shaped container of considerable mass. Just add a couple of fins and I'll bet you could get a decent projectile that would fly a considerable distance. How much of an area could you cover with a stabilized beer can projectile delivery system?