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First U.S. testing of a man-carrying drone planned for later this year in Nevada
ZME Science ^
| June 8, 2016
| Elaine Kauh
Posted on 06/11/2016 7:06:59 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:07:00 AM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: KeyLargo
So, if you’re inside that and directing its flight using your remote control thingamabob... does it still not have a pilot?
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:09:15 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:11:37 AM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: KeyLargo
Previously referred to as “helicopters.”
To: KeyLargo
“Please remain in your seat until all rotors have stopped spinning before exiting the drone.”
To: KeyLargo
“Chinese company EHang received testing rights for its EHang 184 model inside the state of Nevada on Monday..”
Hopefully Sum Ting Wong and Ho Lee Fuk are not at the controls.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:19:43 AM PDT
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: KeyLargo
If man was meant to fly God would have given him wings.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:20:01 AM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: eartrumpet
Electric motors. Don’t think they free wheel like a chopper.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:24:21 AM PDT
by
AFreeBird
To: KeyLargo
Reinventing the airplane.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:30:11 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: KeyLargo
Do the words, “no way in Hell” mean anything to you?
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:31:33 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
("It's not the whole world gone mad. Just the people in it.")
To: AFreeBird
One of those four motors fails, the whole thing augers in.
Bail out & become mincemeat.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:33:36 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: KeyLargo
There are no whirling blades above you, so an ejection seat would work okay. But this thing may not be able to carry the extra weight of an ejection seat.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:35:46 AM PDT
by
r_barton
(GO TRUMP!!!)
To: bgill
Reinventing the airplane.Kind of what I was thinking too.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:41:50 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(I traded my shackles for a glorious song. I'm free, praise the Lord, free at last.)
To: hoagy62; Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; ...
I never liked Rice-Burners anyway....
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:42:53 AM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: bgill
“The battery-powered drone, which has undergone some flight testing in China, is designed to carry one person on a typical city commute, controlled by a remote online system. I personally look forward to the day when drone taxis are part of Nevadas transportation system, state aerospace and defense industry specialist Tom Wilczek said in the companys announcement. EHangs selection of Nevada to test its people-carrying drone marks a thrilling addition to the innovative companies testing throughout our state to advance the commercial drone industry. Preparations for EHang are underway with testing to begin some time this year. EHang, founded in 2014, has already seen international success in the consumer-use market with its series of Ghostdrone quadcopters.”
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Passenger-Carrying-Drone-To-Test-Fly-In-Nevada-226374-1.html
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:48:54 AM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: KeyLargo
So...in ALL of China there’s no place to test it? It has to be tested in Nevada?
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:52:25 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Alinsky.....it's what's for dinner: with Cloward Piven for Dessert)
To: goodnesswins
So...it’s already been tested in China I guess...
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:53:19 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Alinsky.....it's what's for dinner: with Cloward Piven for Dessert)
To: KeyLargo
Those four blades rotating at 20,000 RPM are perfectly safe.
No one will ever be chopped to pieces by them.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:59:37 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If an illegal-alien quarantine saves just one child's life, it will be worth it.)
To: KeyLargo
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posted on
06/11/2016 8:04:59 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: Telepathic Intruder
Flying is unscriptural. Jesus said, “Low, I am with you always.”
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posted on
06/11/2016 8:07:49 AM PDT
by
tbpiper
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