Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River
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Re: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River
#2Still probably safer than the alternative of fireworks.
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Re: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River
#4Still probably safer than the alternative of fireworks.
Much safer than showing off your new old flying boat you don't have the air hours in just before an Australian fireworks | drone show . . .
Grumman G-73 Mallard (built 1948) stalls, falls out of sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p3CbKfMkE4
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-26/two-dead-in-australia...
Re: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River
#5Still probably safer than the alternative of fireworks.
... and I'm not having to hold my poor dog in my arms for hours while he shakes uncontrollably.
Re: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River
#6Still probably safer than the alternative of fireworks.
I doubt that. Fireworks are dangerous when used by inexperienced people, drones suffer the same disadvantage.
In this case the drones had enough power to land, what if they had instant power failure? Then they would turn into bricks suspended in mid air. That can't happen with fireworks, they are simply too light when in the air.
I live in a place where every new years it turns into a warzone with people firing off massive amount of fireworks. Death rate is basically zero, some burns and injuries but in the teens. City has a population of ca. 4mil - that's safer than alcohol.
If everyone had a drone it would be chaos... Incomparably dangerous.
Re: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River
#7Still probably safer than the alternative of fireworks.
I doubt that. Fireworks are dangerous when used by inexperienced people, drones suffer the same disadvantage. In this case the drones had enough power to land, what if they had instant power failure? Then they would turn into bricks suspended in mid air. That can't happen with fireworks, they are simply too light when in the air. I live in a place where every new years it turns into a warzone with people firing off m…
I'll just leave this here...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-05/fourth-o...
Re: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River
#8Still probably safer than the alternative of fireworks.
... and I'm not having to hold my poor dog in my arms for hours while he shakes uncontrollably.
Reminds me of a time I was in a cafe when some kids shot off a bunch of firecrackers and an elderly woman sitting near me had a panic attack
After she calmed down I learned she'd lived through the bombing of Dresden :/
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#10Surprising to see the crash (or controlled) landing described as auto-rotation.