And everyone seems to forget the downwash of the blades. These drones will be unmanned helicopters capable of lifting hundreds of pounds of payload. The lift required will cause substantial downwash that can be damaging and dangerous. My co-worker and I, both with military experience, have mused over the idea of "flying cars" landing on a street and blowing trash and debris all over other vehicles and people. The walking/driving robot would be much less bothersome for home deliveries. The drones could be readily used in an airport or warehouse scenario. Rather than one or the other, we should be considering both in concert.
George Mullineaux 3rd Shift Wrench Monkey Pinnacle Corrugated, Landis, N.C. -----Original Message----- From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> On Behalf Of Peri Hartman via EV Sent: Friday, April 9, 2021 17:34 To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Cc: Peri Hartman <pe...@kotatko.com> Subject: [External] Re: [EVDL] large drone ? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender's actual email address and know the content is safe. Now, Lee is really making sense. The drone issue is highly controversial. I know the FCC is working on rules but that's only the start. There are issues with - noise - safety - privacy - effectiveness. The first three are obvious. Lee touches on the fourth. There are problems with accessing covered porches, avoiding eaves, bushes, wires, and other aerial obstructions. On the other hand, a robot device could navigate anywhere a human does. It could also be loading the next stop's package(s) while the truck is traveling. Couple that with autonomous vehicles (in some future century :) and the whole process becomes much more efficient than today. Peri _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
