▲ 28 ▼ DoorDash drone deliveries are first coming to northern California with Chipotle and Popeyes on board (www.engadget.com) submitted 1 week ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children) Quieter than a car? I thought these make loud buzzing sounds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 child) It heavily depends on how close you are and their hover system and how much work has been spent to make them quiet. You probably heard about the Amazon ones, which are loud and hover low to the ground. There are other ones, such as the ones Zipline makes, which are quieter to begin with and hover very high, using a powered descend module on a cable. Those are basically silent from ground level. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago TIL permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 child) It heavily depends on how close you are and their hover system and how much work has been spent to make them quiet. You probably heard about the Amazon ones, which are loud and hover low to the ground. There are other ones, such as the ones Zipline makes, which are quieter to begin with and hover very high, using a powered descend module on a cable. Those are basically silent from ground level. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago TIL permalink fedilink source parent