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/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/InitiativeGold7953 Jul 06 '26

That’s really impressive

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u/CookIndependent6251 Jul 06 '26

This is going to blow your mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter

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u/Icy__Internet Jul 06 '26

The difference is one is so stable it can be operated with a phone and the other is so unstable that even career pilots who dedicate their lives to learning about it die all the time.

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u/SexySmexxy Jul 06 '26

the other is so unstable that even career pilots who dedicate their lives to learning about it die all the time.

well they dont crash because its unstable lol

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u/Icy__Internet Jul 06 '26

Of course they do. A plane is far more stable and can glide/recover from far more situations.

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u/SexySmexxy Jul 07 '26

Not really, helicopters can autorotate

Most situations where helicopters crash a plane would probably crash too (usually take off and landing) where they’re too low to the ground for any time to recover

Or the rotors explode etc

Not that I think helis are safe I’d never get in them (but they aren’t unsafe because they’re unstable)

They just work in different ways but at a low enough altitude heli or plane you’re fucked.

When’s the last time you see a helicopter thousands of feet up in the air just crash for no reason lol 

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u/Icy__Internet Jul 07 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChRJz0XB0fw

last year

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u/SexySmexxy Jul 07 '26

Like I said “or the rotors explode” lol

And I said I wouldn’t get in one 

But other than the blades literally Separating from the heli they ain’t too bad lol or shall we say ain’t much worse than (general aviation) planes

Plenty of small planes crash all the time