Drones & eVTOL | Behind the Wings on PBS
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Flying the Future: How Drones & eVTOL are Changing the World | Behind the Wings on PBS
From the delivery of packages and medical supplies to the potential of Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft as a form of urban transportation, drone and eVTOL technologies are rapidly changing the future of how we move. In Silicon Valley, a startup is working towards FAA certification on a first-generation flying taxi that could revolutionize how we commute and travel. On a drone test site on the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, drone companies test new ways to transport medical supplies by drone. In Baltimore a drone delivers the first organ for human transplant. And in Bentonville, Arkansas, DroneUp and Walmart partner to deliver packages by drone to more than six million Americans. It sounds like the future, but it's happening today!
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Great job on this, Dawn! I can tell the production team took their time to show an array of great uses for drones and eVTOLs. There still are many possible uses for these flying machines!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Excellent information; thank you for taking the time to put this together. Sam
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Selling Drones as a Time Saver for Emergency Deliveries is good for just a tiny percentage of the population and if it takes 400 people to deliver a Kidney, the cost isn't going to be lower. In fact, it's go ng to be higher for medicines, rescue equipment or survival supplies. None of this is going to put Drone usage on the Map of everyday use and therefore is going to remain very expensive.
Now when you talk about a Drone delivery that effects the majority of people, such as merchandise delivery, now you've got something Scalable that can actually cost LESS when mass produced. I'm a WalMart+ delivery subscriber and I'd Luv to see WalMart get into Drone delivery. It would certainly be faster and w/ less "Driver Errors" to deal with.
The kidney delivery example with 400+ people was the first time an organ was ever delivered for transplant. In many cases the technology is here, but regulation and customer demand lag behind. Walmart already has the ability by drone to millions of Americans, and many other retailers and drone companies are working on it as well.
@@Wings_Museum I'm well aware of "start up costs" and the extra effort that goes into pioneering a new product or service. I worked in R&R research for 15 yrs w/ a very successful group out of Seattle. Still, getting that 400 person workforce down to a reasonable and affordable level is a long ways off, otherwise, whats the point.
As far as Wal Mart delivery services, I haven't made the list for some reason even though I'm just outside of Portland proper. So, make a product that doesn't Scale well means only selected groups will benefit and usually at greater cost than what's currently being made or used.
Wrong title. It should read: " How drones and eVTOL may possibly" change transportation" 🤔
The main challenge IMHO is the noise. Would you accept drones buzzing over your garden all day long on their way to your neighbors?? How would it be economically viable with a 5 lbs payload where an average Amazon van will delivered over 100 adresses per day for boxes of all size and weight?
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eVTOL can be around 100 times quieter than their helicopter counterparts. As for the weight of packages, many products fit the weight requirements for drone delivery today and that's expected to increase in coming years. One of the biggest challenges is public trust, privacy concerns, and community acceptance is critical for broader usage.
@@Wings_Museum Quieter doesn't mean silent... the noise of even smaller drones is annoying. While they are remarkably reliable, they aren't perfect. Too many people won't want these flying over their homes. That is what kills the idea and makes me wonder why people are putting so much money into them when it's a society problem, not a technology problem.
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The problem with this, as cool as it is, is that it doesn't scale. They are too big, too loud, and too expensive for normal use.
Amazon has tinkered with drones for years now and they can't get past the central problem, the last mile. Where do you land these things? You can't put them into neighborhoods.
Useful for emergencies, but not useful for everyday use.
Do your research 🤷🏽♂️🙂