Melbourne company seeking Casa remote deliver authorisation

[Blockie 2Z]

Hi all
Just heard from a mate that a Melbourne based UAV remote delivery company are on the cusp of obtaining approval to deliver flying under 400 ft, might make it interesting for us.

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

Be interesting, and most likely totally uneconomical.
Got a link ?

 

[Blockie 2Z]

Sorry not tech savvy, I think he said it was in the Herald Sun newspaper

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

No worries, guess we'll hear more if it happens.
An article and links I posed earlier in the News section.

German University study on drone delivery

An interesting article regarding a study by Germanys Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. The study reveals drone deliveries consumed up to ten times more energy than electric delivery vans in densely populated urban spaces. Electric delivery vans consumed 50% less energy than...

mavicpilots.com

 

[Meta4]

Hi all
Just heard from a mate that a Melbourne based UAV remote delivery company are on the cusp of obtaining approval to deliver flying under 400 ft, might make it interesting for us.

Maybe this one?

Meet the drone startup keeping operations running in Africa... from its Melbourne office

Swoop Aero is taking remote work to the next level, operating a whole fleet of autonomous drones delivering medical supplies in Malawi from Melbourne.

www.smartcompany.com.au

Google also finds these:

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skyportz.com

Melbourne to be trial site for Ubers electric drone program

The Victorian capital joins Dallas and Los Angeles as pilot cities for the Uber program. Test flights are due to get underway from 2020 with the goal of commercial flights from 2023.

www.flyingsolo.com.au

 

[Meta4]

And this, dated today isn't from Melbourne but is relevant:

Using delivery drones in cities consumes MORE energy than vans

A new study has found that using delivery drones in dense urban environments might consume more energy than a conventional delivery van due to wind and other factors.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

And this, dated today isn't from Melbourne but is relevant:

Using delivery drones in cities consumes MORE energy than vans

A new study has found that using delivery drones in dense urban environments might consume more energy than a conventional delivery van due to wind and other factors.

www.dailymail.co.uk

That leads to my link post 4 above, interesting read of the university summary and main report.

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

Maybe this one?

Meet the drone startup keeping operations running in Africa... from its Melbourne office

Swoop Aero is taking remote work to the next level, operating a whole fleet of autonomous drones delivering medical supplies in Malawi from Melbourne.

www.smartcompany.com.au

Swoop Aero looks like a Zipline competitor (US tech based doing medical deliveries in Africa).

Those remote regions have plenty of room for new help there though.
Interesting quad like launch, need a good clean landing pad there.
Not sure it'd have the range of the Zipline system.

Home - Skyportz

skyportz.com

Melbourne to be trial site for Ubers electric drone program

The Victorian capital joins Dallas and Los Angeles as pilot cities for the Uber program. Test flights are due to get underway from 2020 with the goal of commercial flights from 2023.

www.flyingsolo.com.au

People movers ?
If regular deliveries can get operational long term efficiently, this may follow, but it'll be a long time coming.
Flat out having some sort of large manned drone big enough to carry the pilot, let alone a single pax !!

Well, you could build bigger manned drones I suppose, but then the facilities like landing areas etc get more cumbersome (like drone delivery warehouses that would be needed. . . . oh, yeah.

If only larger drones to carry 2, 3, 4, or more cold be viable . . . oh, yeah.