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Re:Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second C... by cmurf on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @05:43PM (#20629978)
>that hardly make sense

Just a guess: stronger strength to weight, and power to weight ratios, compared to the real thing. The tail rotor in particular appears to be quite a bit more powerful for the weight of the model than would be expected in a full size aircraft. And then also, these kinds of movements with a person inside? Haha! No!

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Re:Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second C... by baddox on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @08:12PM (#20630912)
Yeah, I've been pretty deep in the RC community, but what doesn't make sense to me is the physical skills of pilots like that! Handling orientation changes like that is insanely difficult. I practiced flying RC helis for a while in a simulator and even the basic orientation exercises are pretty challenging.
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