A Silicon Valley for Drones, in North Dakota
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A Silicon Valley for Drones, in North Dakota
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Re: A Silicon Valley for Drones, in North Dakota
#2The aviation school at Grand Forks, ND is well known and the article is not kidding about the number of countries it attracts. It was a natural fit to move into drone piloting.
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#3I think a serious benefit ND has, aside from the established reputation and money put in is space. I can't really think of somewhere in Silicon Valley (or near by) that has the lack of population, lack of airspace traffic, and lack of local / state / federal ordinances that would allow this degree of freedom.
Silicon Valley has it's strengths, but it can't be ground zero for everything.
Honestly, if the NUMI plant wasn't in Fremont, I could see the majority of Tesla being not in the bay area (one could argue the battery plant in NV is such a shift).
Re: A Silicon Valley for Drones, in North Dakota
#4I think a serious benefit ND has, aside from the established reputation and money put in is space . I can't really think of somewhere in Silicon Valley (or near by) that has the lack of population, lack of airspace traffic, and lack of local / state / federal ordinances that would allow this degree of freedom. Silicon Valley has it's strengths, but it can't be ground zero for everything. Honestly, if the NUMI plant w…
Although ND has crop dusters which will be an interesting conflict.
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#5The aviation school at Grand Forks, ND is well known and the article is not kidding about the number of countries it attracts. It was a natural fit to move into drone piloting.
That aviation school appears, in detail, in Miss Pilot, the Japanese drama. Episodes 5 and 6 are set there.
(That drama was made with the total cooperation of ANA, and the aviation details are accurate.)
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#6Embry-Riddle in Daytona Beach Florida seems far more likely. http://daytonabeach.erau.edu/
Also tons of near by land and open ocean, as well as NASA and government contracting engineers already co-located and a bunch of other great universities nearby or with satellite campuses in and around Orlando / Daytona.
Being able to fly 365 days a year helps too.
Realistically, the Pacific Ocean and insanely high concentration of engineers in sv seems like the most likely place for long-term drone innovation.
Re: A Silicon Valley for Drones, in North Dakota
#7I think a serious benefit ND has, aside from the established reputation and money put in is space . I can't really think of somewhere in Silicon Valley (or near by) that has the lack of population, lack of airspace traffic, and lack of local / state / federal ordinances that would allow this degree of freedom. Silicon Valley has it's strengths, but it can't be ground zero for everything. Honestly, if the NUMI plant w…
Although ND has crop dusters which will be an interesting conflict.
How often do crop dusters usually fly? I feel like that's a problem that could be solved by a bit of communication.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
How often do crop dusters usually fly? I feel like that's a problem that could be solved by a bit of communication.
It's seasonal, but they fly at altitudes a lot of drones fly at.
Yeah, they'd definitely be at the same altitudes. I moreso meant do crop dusters fly daily, weekly, etc. Probably pretty crop dependent.
Re: A Silicon Valley for Drones, in North Dakota
#10Maybe Stillwater, OK with the first UAS graduate program will vie for that title.