Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Walgreens

Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by legohead on Friday September 20, 2019 @12:01AM (#21023246)

Have you heard a drone? even tiny ones are loud as shit. some guy in my neighborhood flies his drone occasionally and it's super annoying. I can't imagine how annoying these giant drones delivering packages will be.

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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by btreecat on Friday September 20, 2019 @12:47PM (#21028720)

Yes, I fly them professionally. The sound is related to the size, pitch, and profile of the propellers as well as the speed they are spinning.

The reason the guy down the street is probably loud is he is flying a race drone and hitting very high RPMs with it.

It seems that due to frangibility concerns, Project Wing uses much smaller motors and props now which requires a higher RPM to beat the air into submission.

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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by thaumasiotes on Friday September 20, 2019 @03:33AM (#21024077)

Have you heard a siren? They're intended to be loud.

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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by mehrdadn on Friday September 20, 2019 @04:47AM (#21024514)

> Have you heard a siren? They're intended to be loud.

They're also intended to do things like saving people's lives, not delivering their Amazon orders.

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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by thaumasiotes on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:01AM (#21026746)

Ambulance and fire engine sirens; police not so much. But that really has no bearing on how loud they are.

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