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Greebo · 4 Dec 2015 at 22:02

harry5522 said:
And getting in trouble because of all the cameras that will catch them doing it.

Not from a distance with a good rifle from a hide

stuman · 4 Dec 2015 at 22:03

do people go around shooting UPS trucks? or hijacking delivery vans? no.

Glaucus · 4 Dec 2015 at 22:06

Greebo said:
Not from a distance with a good rifle from a hide

Oh dear this thread.
Better be a good shot at 400ft high that's what 120 metresish. Let alone the punishment for firing weapons in public as well as at aircraft.

As for landing in street, ponds etc, it's clear in the video that the final landing is the amazon card she places down then picks up afterwards.

dowie · 4 Dec 2015 at 22:16

should be fine for suburban areas

someone already posted this in the black friday thread IIRC

Cold_And_Miserable · 4 Dec 2015 at 22:35

A 747 cargo plane with a guy pushing the parcels off the back with parachutes attached would be more cost-effective than a small but still expensive vulnerable electric drone with very limited range and speed.

dowie · 4 Dec 2015 at 23:09

no it wouldn't, what a random thing to say...

Greebo · 4 Dec 2015 at 23:35

Glaucus said:
Oh dear this thread.
Better be a good shot at 400ft high that's what 120 metresish. Let alone the punishment for firing weapons in public as well as at aircraft.

As for landing in street, ponds etc, it's clear in the video that the final landing is the amazon card she places down then picks up afterwards.

So people in the us shooting normal hobbie drones and you don't think they will fire on Amazon ones?

Cat_J · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:04

Glaucus said:
Oh dear this thread.
Better be a good shot at 400ft high that's what 120 metresish. Let alone the punishment for firing weapons in public as well as at aircraft.

As for landing in street, ponds etc, it's clear in the video that the final landing is the amazon card she places down then picks up afterwards.

Let us have our fun :cool:

Glaucus · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:21

Greebo said:
So people in the us shooting normal hobbie drones and you don't think they will fire on Amazon ones?

And you think amazon who are spending considerable sums haven't thought about this? :rolleyes:

For a start it obviously isn't going to be used nation wide.
And no I don't think there will be wide spread shootings of these, they will be used within cities and most countries have pretty darn tight laws on firing weapons within public spaces.

robfosters · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:24

Drones will just fly too high to be shot and come down vertically straight at their destination. Chances of people with guns ready to shoot it down at the destination is very slim.

Amp34 · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:29

Cat_J said:
So many things to go wrong between take off and delivery. How long would it be before the odd scally wag is out in their garden shooting down amazon drones.

Edit: Damn beaten to it

Then after the first couple of arrests and prison sentences it'll die down significantly. Alternatively Amazon will just have "no drop zones", areas of towns/cities where they don't air deliver too.

Cat_J · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:40

Tbh you're right and the sky would have to be full of them for anyone to bother hanging around long enough to get one. How many depots do amazon have though, that things had a 15 mile range, seems like it would need to be orders of magnitude better than that to be useful. You'd have to happen to live next to the depot that happened to have what you wanted, so you might as well pick it up form them.

Glaucus · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:43

No it wouldn't. 15 miles covers an absolutely massive city.
Which is what it will be designed for. Extra express shipping at a premium price, just like major cities have a same day delivery option.

[TW]Sponge · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:45

Glaucus said:
No it wouldn't. 15 miles covers an absolutely massive city.
Which is what it will be designed for. Extra express shipping at a premium price, just like major cities have a same day delivery option.

15 miles there and back though? 7.5 miles either way.

Caged · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:46

Things that need space to land and things with high population densities don't go too well together.

It's limited to small parcels anyway, I can't see how it isn't easier to use motorbikes.

Cat_J · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:47

Glaucus said:
No it wouldn't. 15 miles covers an absolutely massive city.
Which is what it will be designed for. Extra express shipping at a premium price, just like major cities have a same day delivery option.

Well I'm a country dweller so I doubt I'll be seeing any passing by even if it does happen. However, how many people in cities would have outside land to receive it?

Glaucus · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:49

[TW]Sponge;28903998 said:
15 miles there and back though? 7.5 miles either way.

Even 5miles covers the entirety of a city like Bristol.

Cat_J · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:50

Glaucus said:
Even 5miles covers the entirety of a city like Bristol.

OK well I know Bristol pretty well, and very few have a garden to land a drone in. I feel like this would be a big issue.

Caged · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:52

Amazon don't believe this anyway. Getting Clarkson in the video and talking about drone deliveries is just a way to get people talking about Amazon in the prime Christmas shopping period.

Glaucus · 5 Dec 2015 at 00:54

Cat_J said:
OK well I know Bristol pretty well, and very few have a garden to land a drone in. I feel like this would be a big issue.

Pretty much every house has a garden.

It also looks like 15 mile radius. as the specs say can fly beyond the line of sight to distances of 10miles+
Which if it's 15 miles each way, on London would cover this sort of area

And 5 miles on a smaller city like Bristol