A flying warehouse over your head - Page 2

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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Martin-O2 · ‎13-01-2017

10 to 20kg should cover the average order. It will be interesting to see if that make this a viable delivery option.

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Cleoriff · ‎13-01-2017

@Martin-O2 wrote:
10 to 20kg should cover the average order. It will be interesting to see if that make this a viable delivery option.

Depends how far up they are when they drop that 10 to 20kg....

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MI5 · ‎13-01-2017

Should be enough to kill whoever it lands on......

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Martin-O2 · ‎13-01-2017

I think that incident is only a matter of time

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jonsie · ‎13-01-2017

@Martin-O2 wrote:
I think that incident is only a matter of time

For sure! I really don't think they or us are ready for this yet....

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Cleoriff · ‎13-01-2017

To be honest...unless they can reassure me that the drone will land safely in my back garden and send me a text to say it's arrived....they can clear off with it....

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jonsie · ‎13-01-2017

.....and the little robot will knock on your door with a parcel.....

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jonsie · ‎13-01-2017

How are you going to sign for it? Oh sorry it never arrived....

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Martin-O2 · ‎13-01-2017

@jonsie wrote:

How are you going to sign for it? Oh sorry it never arrived....

It will probably take a photo or something.

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viridis · ‎13-01-2017

@Martin-O2 wrote:
10 to 20kg should cover the average order. It will be interesting to see if that make this a viable delivery option.

Amazon limit much less than that to not impede flight time