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Re:MIT’s gas-powered drone is able to stay in the air for fi... by okreallywtf on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:40PM (#14649203)
I thought of that the other day, wondering how well you could possibly control a hot air balloon (or helium) based drone. My guess is wind forces etc would be extremely difficult to deal with
Re:MIT’s gas-powered drone is able to stay in the air for fi... by andygates on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @06:14AM (#14652933)
With a (very) good weather model, it's possible to change altitude to pick up winds going roughly where you want to go. I don't know if anything does this autonomously - Google's Project Loon is the obvious candidate.