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Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa
I've been working on a drone that "eats" other drones in mid-air.
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Who isn't.
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Originally Posted by tabs
How many 100's of thousands of these things will Amazon alone need to have in service to be a viable enterprise? Then comes the logistics of maintence, storage and refueling (recharging), and what about those little delivery containers. Lots of moving parts to this one folks. Then come liabilty, everyone of these things comes with a lawyer attached and it ain't Amazons lawyer (yep I borrowed that one). So good luck to Bezos...
Because you can doesn't mean it is a good idear.
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Yep, the sound barrier is a wall in the sky, etc. Advancements in the UAS industry in the last 12 years have been fun to watch and participate in. The future will be as well.
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." -- Western Union internal memo, 1876.
"While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility." -- Lee DeForest, inventor.
"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible." -- A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)
"There will never be a bigger plane built." -- A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that holds ten people.
And Widebody, that picture is genius.