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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by jeffalyanak on Monday July 17, 2023 @07:58PM (#36765865)
Ironically one of the areas it _is_ being used successfully is in delivery of blood to some areas in Rwanda, but they're using fixed-wing drones and are even doing slingshot launches. [1]

The economics are totally different, though. The "product" is very high value and has a short shelf life, so being able to deliver it quickly is a big benefit.

On top of that, using a fixed-wing delivery vehicle and launching it with a human-powered slingshot makes it actually reasonably energy-efficient.

[1]https://youtu.be/bnoUBfLxZz0

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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by gabrielsroka on Monday July 17, 2023 @08:39PM (#36766238)
From the same channel https://youtu.be/J-M98KLgaUU

See also https://youtu.be/DOWDNBu9DkU From 3 months ago

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