How long until....?

[mp43sniper]

A coworker is a member of the fire department. This morning he forwarded an alert text that a neighbors house was on fire. (Turned out to be not bad thank goodness)

I turned on the security camera app and watched the fire trucks go up the street, etc. It's amazing to see things in real time when you're somewhere else.

Makes me wonder how long until we can have a drone on a charging dock in a mini hangar on the roof and fly it from somewhere else too. That would have allowed me to take off and go up the street to actually see the neighborhood activity instead of just looking out my front window.

 

[Former Member]

Makes me wonder how long until we can have a drone on a charging dock and fly it from somewhere else too.

The problem would be the FAA's "line of sight" rule. Until they change that, you would prob need to be there to be flying it.

 

[mp43sniper]

The problem would be the FAA's "line of sight" rule. Until they change that, you would prob need to be there to be flying it.

I look for a lot of pressure for that to change as the technology keeps advancing.

 

[Kilrah]

Cape: Fly A Real Drone Online

Technically easy, but yeah you need someone there at all times at this point, and there will also be a lot of pressure for that NOT to change.

 

[Former Member]

I think so, especially by companies like Amazon who are using drones to deliver packages in some parts of the world. They fly as far as 2-3 miles away from their warehouses, way out of USA FAA LOS rules.

 

[Former Member]

Cape: Fly A Real Drone Online

Technically easy, but yeah you need someone there at all times at this point, and there will also be a lot of pressure for that NOT to change.

Very cool experience! Amazing possibilities.

 

[mp43sniper]

I think so, especially by companies like Amazon who are using drones to deliver packages in some parts of the world. They fly as far as 2-3 miles away from their warehouses, way out of USA FAA LOS rules.

This is my thinking. Money talks, and commercial drone usage can save and make a LOT of money.

 

[Kilrah]

As well as make current businesses and methods lose opportunities, wich rarely happens without a fight.

 

[Former Member]

Since Amazon is already using some contract car/van drivers to expedite deliveries here in the USA instead of using UPS, Fedex or USPS, I dont see many lost opportunities, only an opportunity for the 3 big delivery companies to step up their games. Every week I send and receive dozens of items from the 3 big delivery companies. Their delivery habits vary from poor to horrible. Sometimes Fedex ground delivers at 11pm and I am not far from a big city.

I dont see a single one of the big 3 delivery companies in the USA making any strides towards faster, cheaper delivery times using drones. Faster, in tehir language, always means more expensive. Amazon is leading the way in faster and cheaper delivery times. They think outside the box, pun intended.

It's nice that Amazon is doing what they can to give people what they want. Faster delivery times, and reliable estimates of when your package will be delivered.