TACO drone delivery nixed

[havoc]

In case you missed this story:

‘Tacocopter’ Food Delivery with Unmanned Drone Nixed by Federal Regulations | TheBlaze.com (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/tacocopter-food-delivery-by-unmanned-drone-nixed-by-federal-regulations/)

[Old Age Pilot]

Saw this in the news this morning:

BBC News - Amazon testing drones for deliveries (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25180906)

May have been discussed before, I've searched for a relevant thread but haven't found one.

Interested to hear other's thoughts...

[Bravo73]

Is it April already? :confused:

[Old Age Pilot]

Is it April already? :confused:

My thoughts exactly!

So many reasons why this is impractical.

"I'm sorry, but it is too windy to receive your Amazon order today"

[Nigd3]

I was more wondering how many will end up mounted on peoples living room walls as some sort of trophy?

The yoof of today will have a field day trying to down one of them with bricks, catapults or airguns... or whatever they can get their hands on

[Ian Corrigible]

Just remember to read the small print on the Amazon website:

* Service not available in Deer Creek, CO (http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/519518-american-ingenuity.html)

UPS and FedEx have been studying cargo VTUAV pick-up & delivery for almost 20 years now (studies including the use of ducted-fan VTUAVs, likely to be more survivable in a pellet gun environment...), so this is nothing new.

I/C

[Ian Corrigible]

http://sitelife.aviationweek.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/1/14/f1ee3e01-5dbc-462f-bedf-2c235a3ca8c4.Full.jpg (http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbb&plckPostId=Blog:7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbbPost:c231d095-60ad-4284-ad0e-52bb32e40c22)
I'm sure he'll be back
I/C