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Re:Amazon Home Services by srdev on Monday March 30, 2015 @02:34PM (#9291549)
Not sure what the deleted post is referencing, but Google is using a fixed-wing design. To deliver the package, you tilt the entire drone up to do VTOL. At this point you can lower the package. In theory, it will work and have higher efficiency than a multicopter design. I'm not sure whether or not Google has had any success with it.
Re:Amazon Home Services by fl0wenol on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @02:23PM (#9298727)
That is interesting as hell and I hope it works out; I had a vague sense VTOL wasn't a practical power/weight option for something battery powered.