alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoIt’s official: Chinese drones will fly trash out of Everest slopeskathmandupost.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down18cross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.onlineworldnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up1229arrow-down1external-linkIt’s official: Chinese drones will fly trash out of Everest slopeskathmandupost.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.onlineworldnews@lemmit.online
minus-squarecorroded@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·4 months agoI’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.
minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·4 months agoI 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 :)
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.
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 :)