Drone-fired peanut butter pellets: A government plan to save endangered ferrets
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#2Can they not dispense this with existing crop duster aircraft?
Re: Drone-fired peanut butter pellets: A government plan to save endangered ferrets
#3Can they not dispense this with existing crop duster aircraft?
At a guess, cropdusters are not designed to dispense something as thick and colloidal as peanut butter, and they're designed to maximize coverage. Presumably these animals do better with "pellets" of peanut butter, rather than a fine mist of peanut butter slurry applied evenly over the landscape.
Presumably, everyone does better with that.
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#4As a bonus, it can be repurposed as a riot control device against disgruntled peanut-allergy sufferers.
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#5This is the only unexpectedly hilarious headline I've ever read here at HN. Every word just kept getting better and better.
Re: Drone-fired peanut butter pellets: A government plan to save endangered ferrets
#6Can they not dispense this with existing crop duster aircraft?
At a guess, cropdusters are not designed to dispense something as thick and colloidal as peanut butter, and they're designed to maximize coverage. Presumably these animals do better with "pellets" of peanut butter, rather than a fine mist of peanut butter slurry applied evenly over the landscape. Presumably, everyone does better with that.
Cropdusters, I believe, used to be able to broadcast either seed or other matter[1], if outfitted properly. So, I think it's possible, they'd just need the right attachment for the belly of the Ag Cat, Snow AT or similar.
On the other hand a drone might be cheaper to rent a operate than a personned aircraft.
[1]http://reveg-catalog.tamu.edu/09-Seeding.htm#Aircraft_Spread...
Re: Drone-fired peanut butter pellets: A government plan to save endangered ferrets
#7I wish they would do this for people in our flyover states.
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#8I wish they would do this for people in our flyover states.
I always forget how this sophism is called: "Does not make sense to do x, because y is much worse.", when in reality you can do both. Can someone please help me out?
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#9I wish they would do this for people in our flyover states.
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#10The idea of using drones to drop something helpful...
What would the world look like now if for the past 15 years drones had been dropping computers, medicine, water purifiers, seeds, etc.? How many millions of parachute-fitted, protective boxes worth of these things could we have dropped for the same amount spent on war?