Must Have A Heck of a Battery

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UPS reveals plan to buy hundreds of helicopter-like electric aircraft to buzz around cities delivering packages — take a look

The big brown delivery trucks in the sky can carry up to 1,400 pounds of cargo and fly at speeds of up to 170 miles per hour.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[AKCoverMan]

UPS pilots union better get in front of that so Carole doesn’t create a subsidy to fly those at half the union pay rate.

 

[GenericUsername]

Honestly, if it works, let's do it. Imagine if they were able to cut down the amount of rural routes we run to help alleviate some of the excess some of the other routes have. Gone will be the days of 70 stops 300+ miles....and hopefully gone are the days of 230+ stop resi routes (I mean, if you're not in NYC or some major metropolitan area where you can do 15 stops every park position....)

 

[Yolo]

Looks dope

 

[MECH-lift]

can’t wait till one hits a power line...

 

[oldngray]

It sounds like someone wanted some new toys.

 

[Wally]

Honestly, if it works, let's do it. Imagine if they were able to cut down the amount of rural routes we run to help alleviate some of the excess some of the other routes have. Gone will be the days of 70 stops 300+ miles....and hopefully gone are the days of 230+ stop resi routes (I mean, if you're not in NYC or some major metropolitan area where you can do 15 stops every park position....)

You give me 230 stops and I run out of hours and bring 30 stops back.

1400 pounds doesn't seem like much payload.

How much does that thing cost to operate? Guarantee it's way cheaper to drive it.

 

[oldngray]

You give me 230 stops and I run out of hours and bring 30 stops back.

How much does that thing cost to operate? Guarantee it's way cheaper to drive it.

UPS buying "hundreds" sounds like a pipe dream. A half dozen or so to make the headlines sounds more likely.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Honestly, if it works, let's do it. Imagine if they were able to cut down the amount of rural routes we run to help alleviate some of the excess some of the other routes have. Gone will be the days of 70 stops 300+ miles....and hopefully gone are the days of 230+ stop resi routes (I mean, if you're not in NYC or some major metropolitan area where you can do 15 stops every park position....)

Those rural routes used to one profitable until they were are being filled with Amazon packages.

 

[MECH-lift]

Management: what’s taking so long!
driver/pilot 4.0 : I don’t know I flew there!

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

Honestly, if it works, let's do it. Imagine if they were able to cut down the amount of rural routes we run to help alleviate some of the excess some of the other routes have. Gone will be the days of 70 stops 300+ miles....and hopefully gone are the days of 230+ stop resi routes (I mean, if you're not in NYC or some major metropolitan area where you can do 15 stops every park position....)

Screw that. Don’t take away my country routes.

 

[MECH-lift]

The vehicle is designed to transport packages to other facilities...not deliver them , READ THE ARTICLE

 

[Wally]

The vehicle is designed to transport packages to other facilities...not deliver them , READ THE ARTICLE

Good luck with zoning trying to land aircraft in a non conforming commercial space. Where I am, it's a procedure to land a medi-vac chopper.

 

[burrheadd]

Honestly, if it works, let's do it. Imagine if they were able to cut down the amount of rural routes we run to help alleviate some of the excess some of the other routes have. Gone will be the days of 70 stops 300+ miles....and hopefully gone are the days of 230+ stop resi routes (I mean, if you're not in NYC or some major metropolitan area where you can do 15 stops every park position....)

So you want to give up good paying teamster jobs and replace them with a drone

SMH

 

[burrheadd]

Good luck with zoning trying to land aircraft in a non conforming commercial space. Where I am, it's a procedure to land a medi-vac chopper.

they call it a drone way less restrictions than a helicopter

 

[Wally]

You know some nerd with a laptop and a old cb radio already figured out how to hack the navigation. Lol

 

[Fido]

Honestly, if it works, let's do it. Imagine if they were able to cut down the amount of rural routes we run to help alleviate some of the excess some of the other routes have. Gone will be the days of 70 stops 300+ miles....and hopefully gone are the days of 230+ stop resi routes (I mean, if you're not in NYC or some major metropolitan area where you can do 15 stops every park position....)

And where would they land

 

[Wally]

And where would they land

Something that large has to be under FAA rules.

 

[Fido]

Something that large has to be under FAA rules.

Don’t know how I feel about a helicopter landing in my yard
Is it considered tier 3 if the blades chop the side of my house off

 

[Wally]

Don’t know how I feel about a helicopter landing in my yard

Or falling in my pool.