BVLOS?

Don’t need to go to Octo - Hex have good motor/prop redundancy.

But you’re into A3 with all of them.

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You’re also into £££ with all of them.

We’re a very long way away from consumer drone technology that would allow you to fly at distance and keep you/others legal or safe. Sad but true…

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Oooh no. I’ll watch that later when I’m not trying to make a Shepherd’s Pie at the same time!

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Thinking more of something catastrophic + something else! :rofl:

Surely, by the definition of “catastrophic” … that’s a gonner. :see_no_evil:

Haha! I realised how stupid that was as soon as I’d typed it!

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Ah ok. So @ash2020 do you mean sub 250g?

Ships are a lot slower than planes.

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I don’t believe, they would ever get all round collision avoidance into sub 250g, unless batteries become featherweight. But anyway, the 250g limit is irrelevant if you design a drone that is incapable of injuring anyone.

Maybe an rc helium blimp. That could be an option.

Or beyond the bounds of reasonable probability of injuring anyone. So when it falls on you, it’s got a parachute and the props have already stopped.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I believe there’s not much helium left.

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Very true.

I’ve got a couple already

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Haha! yes. Me too, but I hardly ever use their full capabilities :wink:

The Autel Dragonfish drone has an 18 mile range, two hour flight times and double-redundancy on everything :drooling_face:

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I almost got one of those, fully loaded with all the air quality sensors and a hyperspectral camera - and then I woke up!

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I believe it came to about 40K.

Wouldn’t have had to go fishing this week :wink: