A flying warehouse over your head

Martin-O2 · ‎12-01-2017

Hey guys,

Amazon have recently filed a patent for a "flying warehouse". The idea is to have an airship at around 45,000ft which would be sent to areas where demand for goods is expected and then dispatch drones from the airship carrying the individual deliveries.

It's hoped this system would help with the issue of the relatively short range of drones, which are limited by the size of the battery they can carry. Smaller airships could then be used to restock the larger warehouses and even transfer staff.

What do you think about this? Are you happy to have a flying warehouse servicing your area or is the idea a bit much?

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gmarkj · ‎12-01-2017

Think they are getting carried away now.
This is a bit like the helicarriers in the Marvel films.
Not a good idea...

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Marjo · ‎12-01-2017

If the warehouse was stationed hovering above my house, they could just drop my parcel quickly whenever I ordered something and it would land directly to my backyard.

Martin-O2 · ‎12-01-2017

@gmarkj it is going in that direction!

@Marjo Yes you could have your items in minutes if the airship was close enough.

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Cleoriff · ‎12-01-2017

An airship hovering at 45,000 feet...which then dispatches drones??

As I am on the flight path for Birmingham Airport I would say no thank you very much.

I also must be Amazons best customer so it would probably be hovering over the top of my house...

I expect 'The Drone Lord Viridis' will have something to say about this

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MI5 · ‎12-01-2017

Ridiculous !

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viridis · ‎12-01-2017

@Martin-O2 wrote:

It's hoped this system would help with the issue of the relatively short range of drones, which are limited by the size of the battery they can carry.

My "consumer" drone is limited to 8,000 meters by software. Remove that and it's however far you can get in 30 minutes at 55mph.

Martin-O2 · ‎12-01-2017

@Cleoriff Your place may not be the best spot to park one of these then

@viridis That's quite an impressive range! Would a heavy payload affect the range on your drone?

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jonsie · ‎12-01-2017

So is there going to be a warehouse over every country? The Russians, North Korea and the Chinese will be launching missiles....

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viridis · ‎12-01-2017

@Martin-O2 wrote:
@Cleoriff Your place may not be the best spot to park one of these then

@viridis That's quite an impressive range! Would a heavy payload affect the range on your drone?

I imagine so, mine can lift a total of around 3kg but I know that the Amazon ones can lift a LOT more but choose to limit it very low weight items so the effect on their battery life will be 1-5%

Looking at the motors on the Amazon drone they testing recently, they are probably good for 10-20kg