Amazon PrimeAir

[MQAAord]

I actually thought that was an "Onion" article when I first saw the headlines...

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

It will never happen. Never. First time one falls out of the air and beans a pedestrian loaded with all three installments of 50 shades of grey, curtains.

...how did you know that there was three installments of 50 Shades... did you just out yourself as a fan!?

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

Ghey.

Str8!

 

[Itchy]

...how did you know that there was three installments of 50 Shades... did you just out yourself as a fan!?

Never read it actually. My next door neighbor is a fan though. True story: she was floating in her pool on one of those pool lounger things reading. I shouted over to her to ask if she was reading 50 shades, (just saw the SNL skit) and she blushed 50 shades of red! In her defense, both hands were above water....

 

[The Fez]

Well, considering that all UAS will require crews that are trained under the FAA rules - this could actually be "good" from a pilot jobs standpoint.

Until they take the pilot out completely. This kind of operation doesn't need pilots. Just a destination and some routing rules for the aircraft to follow.

It will never happen. Never. First time one falls out of the air and beans a pedestrian loaded with all three installments of 50 shades of grey, curtains.

Maybe. But I'd posit that whatever autonomous systems the FAA signs off on will have redundancy systems to just land it in the event of a malfunction.

The jobs will be in maintenance and "retrievers" for when the copters don't make it to their destination.

 

[dustoff17]

It's going to open up a great game of "CopterRoulette". Shoot one of these down and nab the goodies.
"I got me a camera!". "I got a ring". "Book over here!"
"I got a rock....."

 

[tomokc]

Will somebody remind me what problem this is solving?

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Will somebody remind me what problem this is solving?

Cheap consumption.

 

[Matt13C]

Will somebody remind me what problem this is solving?

The consumers need for instant gratification at rock bottom prices.

 

[HVYMETALDRVR]

Can't wait to suck one of those into my engine on takeoff at 300 ft. Or better yet turn it into confetti if I upgrade to a turboprop!

 

[FloridaLarry]

Amazon says: Up to 5 pounds, up to five miles. Robo to the max, from their conveyor belt to your doorstep. This means large cities where they have a warehouse. Still in early R&D stages - probably five years out for deployment.

The RFMC computer will have to know which is your balcony on the 23rd floor, how not to chew through screening, avoiding objects in the flight path, etc.

Imagine the bird-strike potential. OR, bird destruction potential in the take-off path! Need a good audio system for the mating calls.

 

[Mike Wise]

How many days off and what are the upgrade times ?


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[texas_pilot]

The RFMC computer will have to know which is your balcony on the 23rd floor, how not to chew through screening, avoiding objects in the flight path, etc.

People will be betting their
pet Poodle will take it out.

Imagine the bird-strike potential. OR, bird destruction potential in the take-off path! Need a good audio system for the mating calls. [/quote]

 

[PhilosopherPilot]

It will never happen. Never. First time one falls out of the air and beans a pedestrian loaded with all three installments of 50 shades of grey, curtains.

Never is a REALLY strong word. I bet people said that about intercontinental airplane travel when Lindbergh flew to France. We can't imagine what will exist in 10 years, much less 100, or 500. Do you really think something like this is impossible 500 years from now?

 

[Itchy]

Never is a REALLY strong word. I bet people said that about intercontinental airplane travel when Lindbergh flew to France. We can't imagine what will exist in 10 years, much less 100, or 500. Do you really think something like this is impossible 500 years from now?

Call me a Debby Downer, but 500 years from now, we will be out of fuel. My pessimistic view of the world 500 years from now is pretty bleak actually Between AGW, super bugs, and mad regimes w/ easy "how I designed a nuclear bomb in my junior year at Princeton" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aristotle_Phillips) types, not good.

 

[gne in prog]

For the foreseeable future, it seems like a better publicity tool than a delivery tool.

 

[Itchy]

For the foreseeable future, it seems like a better publicity tool than a delivery tool.

Exactly. The 60 minutes program was pretty good (no liars from Libya!), they fill 300 orders per second. 92 distribution centers.

 

[Deleted member 27505]

Discuss...
http://www.amazon.com/b?ref_=tsm_1_tw_s_amzn_mx3eqp&node=8037720011

I'm just reconsidering my decision not to go to law school. Might revisit that option. Can you imagine the liability case revenue this is going to engender? Granny goes out to pick up the mail... bloody stump left on the stoop.

 

[Itchy]

Exactly. The 60 minutes program was pretty good (no liars from Libya!), they fill 300 orders per second. 92 distribution centers.

Maybe I spoke too soon.
http://blog.hubspot.com/uattr/real-purpose-of-amazon-delivery-drones

 

[Deleted member 27505]

Call me a Debby Downer, but 500 years from now, we will be out of fuel. My pessimistic view of the world 500 years from now is pretty bleak actually Between AGW, super bugs, and mad regimes w/ easy "how I designed a nuclear bomb in my junior year at Princeton" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aristotle_Phillips) types, not good.

500 years from now?? I'd go with 15 or 20. We are already in an airplane whose engines have flamed out. Everything seems fine to most folks only because we're still gliding. If we make it through the next 50-100 years, I predict things will be much better in 500 years. But those next 50-100... they're gonna be tough.