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Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River

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Re: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River

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Post by labster »

hparadiz wrote: post #7
Towaway69 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

Thats not even the best LA Times link. You should have gone for the one where a policewoman tried to safely dispose of fireworks and ended up destroying several houses in the process.

Re: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River

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Post by meling »

Towaway69 wrote: post #6
sand500 wrote: post #2

Still 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…

The worst injury is blindness or partial blindness (happens to about 10-20 people every new years celebration in Norway)… accidents can happen, but fireworks in the hands of drunk people is a bad combination.

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Post by guy98238710 »

Ekaros wrote: post #18
xattt wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There shouldn’t be a recurring man-made event that causes stress to companion animals.

Or alternatively companion animals that can't handle regular innocent man-made events should be banned.

Yes, soldier up, doggie! This world is not for pussies. Ditto for babies. Stop crying and man up! This world is for warriors. Fight and die!

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Post by mianos »

johnthesecure wrote: post #10

Surprising to see the crash (or controlled) landing described as auto-rotation.

Considering the size and momentum of drone props, this is not in any way whatsoever auto-rotations. It's just some rando trying to sound technical. Considering they don't have collective or clutches as well he just sounds like a dumbass. (Or maybe I am and they called auto landing auto-rotation since I stopped building drones myself about 2 years ago).

Re: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River

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Post by Towaway69 »

ivan_gammel wrote: post #15
Towaway69 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Your city looks very much like Berlin. It’s definitely not a good example of how fireworks are better than drone show. Spending new year holidays in Berlin is a nightmare, especially with pets or small children. Half of the city looks like a war zone on 1st of January.

Correct on all fronts! But I would hate to have drones falling out the sky in addition to fireworks.

BTW it has gotten better but still depends where you are in Berlin...

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Post by fullspectrumdev »

ivan_gammel wrote: post #15
Towaway69 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Your city looks very much like Berlin. It’s definitely not a good example of how fireworks are better than drone show. Spending new year holidays in Berlin is a nightmare, especially with pets or small children. Half of the city looks like a war zone on 1st of January.

NYE was probably one of my favourite times of the year when I lived in Berlin.

Our cat didn’t mind the fireworks, what did bother her was thunderstorms during the summer.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Re: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River

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Post by bottled_poe »

andrewstuart wrote: post #13

In other countries there’s startlingly impressive drone show displays. In Australia they fall out of the sky and drop into the Yarra. It’s a sort of metaphor for Australia in so many ways.

It’s hilarious and embarrassing. It would be nice to see some interest in diversifying the economy over here, but I’m not going to hold my breath.
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