Amazon's air highway?

[ashtonhess]

always thought Amazon drone shipping was a good idea until reading this. would restrict us to 200 ft?!

Amazon Wants a Special Sky Highway Just for Autonomous Drones

 

[RoyVa]

200's not so bad. I generally fly at that altitude and can get pretty good videos. 200's better than 0 If you get my meaning.

 

[Trackman1]

Not if your flying over trees.

 

[Illina]

Got a cell tower near the house that's 275 feet tall. For this reason I have my RTH set to 350 feet.

 

[RVD98072]

amazon's drones shouldn't need their own space. their drones can communicate with each other but also have sensors to avoid other drones/aircraft/birds/etc. if anything, they should have the 400-500ft space allocated for commercial drones.

 

[Monkeyleg]

Gee, why don't we give them our air, period? We don't need to breathe.

The idea that a company can even attempt to own a section of airspace is outrageous. Just the attempt shows how for sale things are.

 

[RVD98072]

it would be ridiculous to let amazon own any part of airspace. but i suppose the FAA could designate some space for commercial drones (amazon, google, etc.) and then have personal space for hobbyists, etc. (similar to radio frequencies by the FCC, etc.).

 

[Monkeyleg]

Does having different radio frequencies affect the performance of hobbyist's radios? Having to stay under 200 feet would limit my flight in this heavily wooded part of the country where I live.