1) drone failure causing damage to people or property
2) limited operational capabilities in regards to weather conditions. As someone who has flown ram air canopies in urban environments, I can tell you that 10mph winds of a building creates some interesting vortices. What's the air speed of a quad/octocopter-style drone?
3) shared airspace issues. These drones will probably fly pretty low (<1000ft?) and they will not be alone. There will be many drones in the air, from various manufacturers and companies. Imagine the ATC complexity in an environment like that. There's no system for that today.
Solving problems like that would probably be very interesting.
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1) drone failure causing damage to people or property
2) limited operational capabilities in regards to weather conditions. As someone who has flown ram air canopies in urban environments, I can tell you that 10mph winds of a building creates some interesting vortices. What's the air speed of a quad/octocopter-style drone?
3) shared airspace issues. These drones will probably fly pretty low (<1000ft?) and they will not be alone. There will be many drones in the air, from various manufacturers and companies. Imagine the ATC complexity in an environment like that. There's no system for that today.
Solving problems like that would probably be very interesting.
Well, is it an american or european swall, er, drone?