Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
You're hanging under the fans, you _are_ in a pressurized zone! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okie

Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Maybe the brain of this drone decides to dump a passenger when it gets to the 23-minute mark, enabling it to fly longer. On Jun 15, 2018 11:18 AM, "Floyd Thursby via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: 10,000 is kinda the altitude where you start thinking about O2 if you aren't pressurized,

Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
10,000 is kinda the altitude where you start thinking about O2 if you aren't pressurized, if I recall.  I'm OK up to 14+k that I know about (but slow trek up there), but many people start getting a bit loopy even lower than 10k. --FT On 6/15/18 11:09 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: D

Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Doesn't 8000+ ft require supplemental O2? -Curt On Friday, June 15, 2018, 10:56:20 AM EDT, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Lovely... yet another category for the Darwin Awards... They just keep coming. I'm sure the app has a "low battery alert" that will beep to let you know death is only

Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Lovely... yet another category for the Darwin Awards... They just keep coming. I'm sure the app has a "low battery alert" that will beep to let you know death is only seconds away, from 11,000 ft. 23 minutes of battery life x climb rate of 1,000 ft per minute... NO glide ratio [no prop spin, no l

Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Won’t work for most Americans --R Sent from iPhone > On Jun 15, 2018, at 9:49 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > can carry a passenger weighing up to 264 pounds. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

[MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Chinese company to test world's first single-passenger drone in US The world’s first passenger drone, the Ehang 184, capable of autonomously carrying a person in the air for 23 minutes has received necessary approval from Nevada's governor's office needed to develop and be tested at the state's