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Very interesting. I wonder though what is the exact use case for this kind of transportation, i.e., in which way it is superior to the current way of transporting goods.


Right now: buy a stack of sheet rock (50+ pounds each) to finish a room, wait while it moves by truck through traffic.

Future: order on your phone, get it flown out to the work site.


It's pretty rare for construction crews to be sitting around waiting for delivery trucks stuck in traffic. I mean it happens occasionally, but the traffic in most places isn't that bad. And contractors usually schedule deliveries in advance, or shift their crews to other job sites if they know a delivery will be delayed. Any contractors who couldn't manage such basic logistics have already gone out of business.

I predict that drone delivery will never be used for heavy, low value items like sheet rock. The costs of flight will remain too high even with better batteries. If delivery drones are used at all it will be for small, high value items like medical supplies, electronics, cooked food, and toiletries.


I will admit I was extrapolating from a single experience of helping finish a room. It sounds like that experience might not stretch as far as I thought.


Who does the unloading of the sheet rock from the device in the future?


Scary that anyone with a gun can bring down 200kgs on people or buildings. But people probably said the same thing about cars and planes.


Could this be MORE resilient to firearms than a helicopter? Multiple redundancy to rotor failure and no pilot who could accidentally get hit


Diz iz in Hämbörg, Görmännie! Vee häff no facking GUNNZ because VÄRRBOTÄHN!

(mostly, anyways)




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