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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

It looks like a pretty capable drone, but it still has a service ceiling 2,800m lower than the peak. Though I imagine most of the garbage is at lower altitudes, but the base camps are still near the service ceiling.

Sadly, it only has a 30kg payload so it seems Green Boots is staying put.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, they have drones with saws for cutting tree limbs now. When you have a big problem, start by cutting it into smaller individual problems...

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago

"Your honor I didn't desecrate that corpse. I merely wrote an algorithm that caused drones to desecrate that corpse"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

DJI FlyCart 30

I can't ever take the word perilous seriously.

Pretty cool, worth the watch. They don't show the size very well, with arms folded in fits in the back of a pickup. 30 kg with one battery, 40 kg with 2 batteries, hot swap battery, 16 km range, 20 m/s (72 km/h), 6000 m ceiling, record and repeat flight paths.

Looks like they think the chinese delivery market will be huge.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

They moved his body 10 years ago. Still on the mountain but I’d guess not many people know where he is anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm impressed that these drones can operate on Everest, especially carrying a payload. I would assume the air density would be too low for the rotors to generate sufficient lift.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

I don't think this will be operating at the peak. But, as the martian helicopter has shown, low air density is just an engineering problem :)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Uplifting

You can say that again.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

i can say it but i won't, consume my jorts

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Also official: North Korean balloons will carry trash to Everest

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Uplifting You can say that again.