“Not sure how this is ensuring her safety, unless the thing is armed.”
All of these drones are “armed”, in the sense that they have 4 or more plastic propellers turning at 14,000 rpm. They could do serious damage.
Last weekend we were flying and my daughter’s dog decided he could jump up and grab it. Poor dog... A lot of blood but he lived.
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