Re:Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second C...
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @08:43AM
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> If drones have a lower %, we should view falling death boxes as acceptable
Yes, if drone delivery is safer we should switch. (Though there are better mortality measures than frequency of fatality.)
We’re not close now. In aerospace, frame is fate. Quadcopters are optimised for maneuverability and cost, not safety or reliability. They have no inherent redundancy and limited margins of safety. The reason they were chosen for this application is they’re cheaper to MVP, given the standing supply chain.
Compare that to the number of things that must go wrong for a truck to seriously injure someone. (Here: speed failure, braking failure, airbag failure, et cetera.)
Yes, if drone delivery is safer we should switch. (Though there are better mortality measures than frequency of fatality.)
We’re not close now. In aerospace, frame is fate. Quadcopters are optimised for maneuverability and cost, not safety or reliability. They have no inherent redundancy and limited margins of safety. The reason they were chosen for this application is they’re cheaper to MVP, given the standing supply chain.
Compare that to the number of things that must go wrong for a truck to seriously injure someone. (Here: speed failure, braking failure, airbag failure, et cetera.)