Re:Inside Google’s Drone-Delivery Program
by ynniv on Friday August 29, 2014 @01:30AM
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... by something lowered on a tether. If you think that's comparable to touching a rotor, you don't know much about rotors. mv^2!
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Re:Inside Google’s Drone-Delivery Program
by hnriot on Monday September 01, 2014 @06:02PM
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touching a rotor chops your hand off. Getting hit in the head by delivery of dog food kills you. It's kinetic vs potential energy. for your kinetic energy equation you need a lot of speed and a lot of mass. You can have one of those, but not both.