Comments by "Diana Pennepacker" (@dianapennepacker6854) on "The INSANE Engineering of Zipline Drones!" video.

  1. EV will probably be cheaper for a lot simply because it isn't flying. Feel like the payload is too small personally. If they can increase that then yeah. Not really sure what the heck he meant about special operators using drones versus helicopters to inflatrate quietly... Still going to suffer the same issues unless you use a different propeller design. Drones high pitched whining is also super loud and distinctive. A quad or tri toredo design maybe? Just don't see where he was going with a bunch of drones. Seals and such already have a way to drop into enemy territory virtually undetected. It's called HALO or just regular parashooting. You'd be surprised just how far they can glide before having to use the shoot and no motorized vehicle will be as quiet as a parachute.
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  2.  @klepow  Aye I just don't see the benefit ya know? Might as well just design a full quad helicopter instead of having multiple drones carrying someone which is what it sounded like he was getting at haha. Unless these things are suppose to be like a personal flying "quad pack" of something like. I need to see a video. I'm missing something.
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  3.  @klepow  Yeah this seems like it is designed for crap ya want ASAP like food delivery. Or some other high expense item someone needs quickly. Not large enough for a grocery order. It will be quick but if you don't mind waiting you can just get your item within a day or two by other delivery methods. I'm sure some buisnesses would benefit. I just don't know what. Quite honestly the medium resteruant chains like Applebees or Red Lobster could benefit from this. In theroy their markup is a lot better per item sold compared to a fast food chain. Yet I'd argue they'd be better off buying a drone from a company themselves instead of a third party service. The one benefit of a drone is that it doesn't get paid hourly! Wait maybe I am biased. Maybe this will work well for people who live a while from stores and such.
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