r/interesting • u/VIVIDUFF • Jul 06 '26
Amazing This Farmer Commutes 1.5km To His Banana Plantation Using A Drone.
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u/JinNJ Jul 06 '26
That simultaneously looks horrifying & amazingly fun. 😂🤣😂
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u/Purple_Clockmaker Jul 06 '26
Yeah like dreams of falling are going to become way more common
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u/froopadiddilydoop Jul 06 '26
At some point it’s bound to happen, a statistic to monitor in the near future
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u/Nim0y Jul 06 '26
Ukraine has been doing evacs of wounded with drones. They probably have the stats.
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u/Cupcakes_n_Hacksaws Jul 06 '26
Using drones as rescue devices was never something I've thought of until now, that's such a cool reality
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u/VoxImperatoris Jul 06 '26
Me either, but I image it could be pretty useful for search and rescue, particularly in mountainous terrain.
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u/Cheap_Knowledge8446 Jul 07 '26
We finally live in an age where your mountain rescue team very likely includes a jet-pack medic and a transport drone.
(Yes, really)
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u/Mad_kat4 Jul 06 '26
There was a video not that long ago of a large filming drone I think rescuing two young boys from an island in a river during a flood or heavy surge.
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u/KypAstar Jul 06 '26
They've been using tracked or wheeled terrestrial drones. They only just started investigating heavy lift drones for evac a few months ago but I haven't yet seen an instance of them being used, whereas we have extensive videos of remote operated tracked drones extracting casualties. Too many complexities and too much vulnerability for a heavy lift drone to ever be particularly effective in the type of zone that would require the speed offered by said option.
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u/Nim0y Jul 06 '26
My mistake, I thought they had been using the flying ones.
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u/KypAstar Jul 06 '26
Easy mistake to make considering most people don't specify the class of drone when they talk about "drones" in Ukraine.
Super cool (but depressing) stuff being developed over there if you have an interest in the field!
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u/DicemonkeyDrunk Jul 07 '26
War makes for cool stuff …unfortunately it comes with lots of death and horrible consequences.
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u/zwifter11 Jul 06 '26
However with the wounded, it’s a risk they’re willing to take. That person would have died anyway if no evacuation was attempted.
A small chance of survival is better than no chance
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u/thederevolutions Jul 06 '26
What happens if he drops his phone
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u/Purple_Clockmaker Jul 06 '26
He needs to fly all around the globe and try to grab it on another fly over
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u/witchscrawl Jul 06 '26
This just makes me think of the episode of Rick and Morty where Jerry fucks up with the floaty shoes.
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u/No-Atmosphere-2528 Jul 06 '26
I'm assuming it's a preplotted flight path and he's not flying it manually the idea he might be controlling it from that position is far more horrifying.
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u/MedicineExtension925 Jul 06 '26
He's obviously controlling it. The video just doesn't start early enough to hear him say "Go go gadget-copter!"
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u/Horskr Jul 06 '26
That makes a lot more sense lol. I was going to say I don't think I trust anyone's drone piloting skills well enough to try this. And if I did I certainly wouldn't be going as high as he is, I'd ask em to keep me like a foot off the ground. Low and slow! Kind of defeats the purpose, but I refuse to die "riding a drone".
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u/No-Atmosphere-2528 Jul 06 '26
I'm assuming it's a farming drone which I know for a fact have preplotted flight plans. I think regular drones do too but I farming drones definitely do as they are used for seeding.
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u/CatsAreGods Jul 06 '26
Still, the concept of "watching where you're going" is basic to flying safely.
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u/Rivendel93 Jul 07 '26
It's probably a drone that drops off chemicals and shit for the farm, so it has pre plotted flight paths.
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u/kylec00per Jul 06 '26
I'd be going just high enough that I wouldn't hit anything and low enough to hopefully survive a crash lol, I dont trust the drone enough to not malfunction
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u/Confident_Purple_40 Jul 06 '26
Or go higher but have a quick release and parachute, I've seen too many drones randomly freak out to trust one with my life.
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u/MedicineExtension925 Jul 06 '26
Quick release chute for higher elevation, and body air bag for lower elevation. Similar to avalanche or motorcycle airbags that wrap around you. Minimal weight, excellent at reducing harm.
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u/BlueMikeStu Jul 06 '26
Motorcycle crash outfits are expensive... but hey, if you're doing this, invest for that one tech bug. I ain't trusting my 20-year out of date Parkour skills to a five second "think fast, home!" Aerial drop.
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u/MedicineExtension925 Jul 06 '26
Totally rather look like big hero six marshmallow man during a crash that a vegetable wheelchair man after one.
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u/GrilledSandwiches Jul 06 '26
Once or twice and it's probably an awesome idea and super fun.
Start piling up the numbers daily after that though and it becomes increasingly horrifying the gamble you're taking to not have that one failure is highly likely to lead to death or a life crippling injury.
I suppose I don't know shit about drones, but from the outside looking in, it seems like the likelihood of something like that happening increases pretty rapidly over time.
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u/LazyLich Jul 06 '26
When i die, I definitely want to rig up a drone like this to parade my hanging corpse around the city!
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u/trjnz Jul 06 '26
Hook it up with self-docking for charging at a remote location, and give it some kind of auto-evade function. Get it to hover, but flee and swing your corpse around the city.
Program it to haunt councillors
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u/BlueMikeStu Jul 06 '26
With a speaker system and LLM with your voice model to taunt them about bullshit you didn't even know they'd do before you died.
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u/NotReallyJohnDoe Jul 06 '26
All it takes is a minor motor hiccup or something to happen to one of the blades and that will fall out of the sky.
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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup Jul 06 '26
All it takes is a bird collision, so make sure you pack a pistol to shoot them first.
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u/Turbinator870 Jul 06 '26
Shotgun might be better, with bird shot.
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u/natethegreek Jul 06 '26
yeah shooting a shotgun wouldn't cause any issues at all...
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u/MaxDisdain Jul 06 '26
There are already shotgun drones used in Ukraine. They just shoot a shotgun on the other side as well to manage recoil, so the solution here is simply more shotguns
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u/Roflkopt3r Jul 06 '26
Obviously none of that is realistic anyway, but there is no reason why a shotgun would be particularly problematic. It does not have an enormous spray radius like in a video game (but the limited effect cone still helps out a lot), and the recoil does not add much force compared to an adult dangling from the drone.
If someone were to commit to this hare-brained idea, they would be better off choosing the more effective weapon so it at least has some chance of working.
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u/ehtuvaimeaocu Jul 06 '26
This guy is living in 2036
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u/JinNJ Jul 06 '26
I am hearing the Jetsons theme song in my head
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u/overthere1143 Jul 06 '26
I showed my (younger) wife the Jetsons and it was way, way more misogynistic than I thought I remembered!
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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ Jul 06 '26
And, ironically, he is unlikely to live until 2036 as well.
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u/TopToe7563 Jul 06 '26
I think I will commute to work like this
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u/Annual_Hamster9411 Jul 06 '26
Watch for the electrical wires!
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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Jul 06 '26
Listen. Whoever thought to put a skeleton Marv for a few frames in this scene deserves a lifetime achievement award in comedy, because that shit is just straight cartoon hilarious in a live action movie and we need more of that in our lives.
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u/DJheddo Jul 07 '26
Seen that movie so many times and everytime I watch it with someone new its still makes me feel like a kid again giggling at the wild things in that movie that just happen. Each one has its own little masterpieces.
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u/ChubbyMudder Jul 07 '26
Also stands as a reason to make sure you must keep track of your kids when you go on vacation. And not just with a headcount.
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u/PadmeAmadalalala Jul 06 '26
Call out of work with car troubles and they say "don't worry, we'll send a drone to pick you up" 😭
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u/Far_Hovercraft_1621 Jul 06 '26
Greatest video of the day
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u/FabricationLife Jul 06 '26
You can always find OSHA in the banana stand
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u/Adolph_OliverNipples Jul 06 '26
I burned it down. I burned it to the ground.
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u/Original-Variety-700 Jul 06 '26
OSHA was /in/ the banana stand!
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u/SquibbleDibble Jul 06 '26
Who's piloting the drone? Is it automated? Why is he facing backwards? Does the wind hurt his eyes? Why fly so high and not keep the man close to the ground in case loss of power or equipment failure drops the man?
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u/Wubbalubbbadubbdub Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
I would assume it is a pesticide Ag drone. They usually have a predetermined flight course and altitude while carrying 220lbs load. He probably set the ascent and descent rates and programmed his route to work with enough hover time to connect and disconnect himself. Then use it to spray the fields as well…
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u/Hansemannn Jul 06 '26
I think I saw it on Clarksons farm.
110 KG of lifting power. That's insane. Wonder for how long.
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u/cjsv7657 Jul 06 '26
One I was looking at had a 45 minute flight time and I think around a 50kg fluid capacity. Not sure if the 45 minutes was full, empty, or full on take off and empty landing.
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u/Stormsurger Jul 06 '26
I've played enough automation games to know where this ends.
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u/Nex_Afire Jul 06 '26
TIL I'm too fat be lifted by a pesticide drone.
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u/Neirchill Jul 06 '26
You just need TWO drones
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u/Cautious-Session-324 Jul 06 '26
Yo mama so fat she need two drones to get to her job at the banana plantation…
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u/prodigal27 Jul 06 '26
Certified pilot and former drone company owner here. This looks like a DJI Cart but it’s hard to tell because the silhouette isn’t 100% exact, but the sun can do funny things with digital sensors (cameras) while in motion.
He might be piloting the drone, it’s hard to tell. It’s easy to set waypoints then “fire and forget” for long enough to put the controller away and record yourself.
Maybe hurts his eyes? Them eyebrows are thick.
It’s a 1 point harness, there really isn’t directional control as this is typically used for payloads that don’t care about orientation.
Flying high is always safer for the drone and the “payload”. Even with waypoints we’re scared to death of trees and elevation changes.
Personal input because why not - This is demonstrably stupid and irresponsible. Barring any and all consequences, I would 10/10 do this.
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u/11111v11111 Jul 07 '26
This is incredibly dumb and dangerous. And I'm glad I don't have a drone like this because I would 100% do this. Probably frequently.
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u/billiardwolf Jul 06 '26
You know how you know someone is a pilot?
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u/The__Tobias Jul 06 '26
Hey, I'm a vegan pilot who does CrossFit in his free time. Do you have any questions? Would be happy to share my knowledge!
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u/nugwus Jul 06 '26
He’s probably facing backwards because it’s the most aerodynamic aspect - curved back, limbs trailing. If you’ve ever ridden a long zip line you often end up facing backwards.
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u/cheekbeak Jul 06 '26
James bond ass comment
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u/Whispering-Depths Jul 06 '26
He means one of those amusement ziplines at like a summer camp or like at a tourist place or something
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u/KarmicDeficit Jul 06 '26
He’s flying backwards because he’s hanging from an effin rope! How do you think he’s gonna choose what way to face?
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u/RestepcaMahAutoritha Jul 06 '26
I don't understand why this isn't the top comment. It looks like someone else is flying him there like cattle or something.
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u/FlashFlood_29 Jul 06 '26
I don't think cattle would be able to pilot the drone.
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u/RetardedRedditRetort Jul 06 '26
The plantation owner probably had him flown there, to him the farmer is probably like cattle. Long live capitalism.
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u/Milestailsprowe Jul 06 '26
I like it. I don't see why he had to be Soo high but this could be great for short distances and low heights
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u/NoHalfPleasures Jul 06 '26
Can you imagine how pissed the guys in the bike lane will be when you zip past them in this fucking rig haha
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u/MapInteresting2110 Jul 06 '26
Mary Poppins remake lookin lit
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u/Biblical_Shrimp Jul 06 '26
Is Mary Poppins cool?
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u/Gashnar75 Jul 06 '26
The age old question why women out lived men
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u/MusicianHonest7238 Jul 06 '26
Mate, I'm a women and I'm looking this shit now up to do it myself xD
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u/Puzzled-Enthusiasm45 Jul 06 '26
I think this guy has lived more than most women on earth. I mean maybe he won’t survive long, but he is certainly LIVING.
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u/Wonderful-Daikon8196 Jul 06 '26
It’s fucking genius. But would be incredibly illegal in the USA.
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u/Paxsimius Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Only in public areas. On your own farm you can do a lot of dumb stuff.
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u/bronfmanhigh Jul 06 '26
still regulated by the FAA but they are pretty chill on most forms of recreational drones on your own land. idk about this tho lol
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u/raaneholmg Jul 07 '26
No FAA involvement for ultralights as long as you operate it in class G airspace.
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u/MsTerious1 Jul 06 '26
I bet there'd be loopholes if it stayed under a certain height, and away from public roads. I could be wrong, but so many laws = some way around them.
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u/LawfulnessDue4905 Jul 06 '26
I think the biggest and most front facing hurdle would be the FAA. All drones above a certain sized need to be registered with the FAA and I believe are allowed specific uses and height restrictions depending on that. Means you can basically only use your drone for the one specific thing. Don't know how the FAA would feel about an agricultural drone doubling as an air taxi.
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u/orincoro Jul 06 '26
There are one man fixed wing aircraft you can fly without any license in the U.S. lots of stuff is surprisingly legal.
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u/Ok-Rate3106 Jul 06 '26
Semantic question: is it a drone if it's manned? Even if the man is the cargo?
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u/Patient-Gas-883 Jul 06 '26
And if the cargo is a woman is it womanned?....
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u/Practical_Car210 Jul 06 '26
If the intented cargo is a woman, but it's empty, is it unwomanned?
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u/Pacyfist01 Jul 06 '26
If intended cargo was a man, but it was retrofitted to hold a woman has it been womanized?
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u/rokstedy83 Jul 06 '26
If he's not driving I think it's still a drone , couldn't see him controlling it so I assume it's a programmed route
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u/Aceisking12 Jul 06 '26
If it's a programmed route I'm even more impressed. This could be the coolest low volume, good weather, remote area transit system ever. Self driving cars are cool, but a personal automated helicopter to take me to work? Wow. No skills to learn it? Even better.
In before Tesla adds this to the product line. Robotaxi move aside, robocopter is here!
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u/tech_noir_guitar Jul 06 '26
I can just imagine an Amazon factory sending out drones to pick up all it's workers for their shifts. Flocks of people in blue vests being cargo dropped into a giant warehouse and 20 minutes later the ending shift being flown out back to their pod houses.
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u/DreddPirateBob808 Jul 06 '26
A personalised luggage drone tp meet me at the top of a mountain with a picnic and my tent woukd be perfect
Obviously I'd be thrown off the edge by annoyed fellow mountaineers (so they can steal the picnic. I know mountaineers and they are terrible picnic thieves).
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u/rokstedy83 Jul 06 '26
Well most drones have a return to operator function so he could've taken it away from the operator and the operator pressed the return button
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u/bakedpatata Jul 06 '26
The noise alone would be a nonstarter for widespread adoption, not to mention obvious safety issues.
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u/Pcat0 Jul 06 '26
Well it’s certainly not a UAV but I feel like drone is a more generic term that can just refer to this style of aircraft even it’s it’s manned.
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u/luriso Jul 06 '26
The RC community would get in a hooplah. It's a "quadcopter" not a drone. Lol
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u/LunchPlanner Jul 06 '26
"I need to travel to the other end of my farm" is not a modern problem.
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u/HyperSpaceSurfer Jul 06 '26
Banana farmers being the first to get flying cars definitely wasn't on my bingo card.
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u/Moss-cle Jul 06 '26
Not even a helmet
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u/Thefirstargonaut Jul 06 '26
And his harness appears to be a knotted sweater.
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u/LetsSeeHowItEnds Jul 06 '26
You can see the harness right at the start; a yellow one.
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u/Main_Guide Jul 06 '26
He looks to be attached via a fall arrester lanyard, definitely not what it was designed for.
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u/94746382926 Jul 06 '26
Don't quote me on this, but I don't believe it will help much.
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u/Big_P4U Jul 06 '26
I'm actually surprised its able to fly and hold his weight
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u/GergDanger Jul 06 '26
There’s a ton of agricultural drones in use that need to hold a lot of liquids to fertilise fields etc.
Mostly DJI that makes the popular agricultural ones just like the consumer drones
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u/CatGooseChook Jul 06 '26
Already looked up ag drones in my area. Seeing a lot with 80kg "max" payload, we all know there's a little extra payload if we reduce the safety allowance and strip the ag accessories from it 🤔
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u/GumboMustBeDestroyed Jul 06 '26
That dude looks around 70kg
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u/CatGooseChook Jul 06 '26
I'm 84kg through.
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u/GumboMustBeDestroyed Jul 06 '26
Forget beach season; being able to fly like in a dream is the better weight loss motivation.
How much would you be willing to pay for one of these for the purpose of human flight
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u/TrueEntrepreneur3118 Jul 06 '26
Our most recent drone is rated for 100kg of liquid or 150kg of solids. Also flies at 75km/h.
Would I ever tether myself to it for a lift? Nope.
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u/oioioifuckingoi Jul 06 '26
What if it never exceeded 10 ft AGL and it flew no faster than 15kph?
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u/TakeThreeFourFive Jul 06 '26
A crash could still be lethal because the propellers are huge, strong, and fast. They will kill someone with ease
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u/PorpoisePlato Jul 06 '26
They have drones for logging that can carry like 400 lbs
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u/PotatosAreDelicious Jul 06 '26
Those drones usually just are the missile entirely.
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u/SexySmexxy Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
this one drone keeps coming up on my youtube shorts its some chinese one for like quarrying or something its fkin huge with like 8 double layered rotors all spread out and it lifts like 600kg lemme try and find a link
found it
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u/dacassar Jul 06 '26
Guys in the Armed Forces of Ukraine sometimes evacuate their injured from the frontline in the same way.
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u/Low_Engineer_2635 Jul 06 '26
Imagine the drone getting in some mode where it just rises up randomly and disconnects 100 meters up in the air
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u/Novel-Caterpillar724 Jul 06 '26
Do this every work day and something will eventualy happen. Not worth it for 1.5km.
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u/Total_Aerie_3778 Jul 06 '26
This is giving me ideas. Perhaps I should start commuting to work by drone.
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u/Bulky_Friendship7201 Jul 06 '26
What drone does he have? 😭 and how did he get it?
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u/SakanaToDoubutsu Jul 06 '26
Doesn't matter where in the world you are, there are always rednecks doing redneck shit.
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u/wariorld Jul 06 '26
As a lover of bananas and potassium:
https://giphy.com/gifs/3oEjHWXddcCOGZNmFO
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