What's going on with the Amazon drones?

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techno-ag
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Local take: https://www.kbtx.com/2023/10/18/amazon-drone-delivery-service-advances-expansions-announced/
Aggies76
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I hear one out my window as I am typing this.
Captn_Ag05
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Someone is getting their Viagra delivered as you type.
Aggies76
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Captn_Ag05 said:

Someone is getting their Viagra delivered as you type.


Ok, a little afternoon delight. I'm down with it.
spike427
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I just got an email saying I can order!! Will try and report back after 9:30.
spike427
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I think the weather is a factor today. Will try next week!
toolshed
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I heard, then saw one overhead a couple days ago when I was in Woodcreek.

It was quieter than others I'd heard previously, much quieter than one of the first I saw doing a delivery in a friend's neighbors yard last year when service started.

Not sure if they have different sized drones running around?
MsDoubleD81
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Did you hear it flying (quiet) or landing and taking off (loud-sounds like a swarm of bees or chainsaw).
spike427
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Had my first drone delivery this morning! I didn't hear it until it was right above our house. It came at the very end of the promised delivery window - pretty happy with the experience! (FTR we live on the other side of the highway, so I wasn't sure it would ever work!)
AggieCVQ
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Saw one outside my house this morning. Pretty neat.
MsDoubleD81
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Was it flying or landing?
AggieCVQ
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Flying.
MsDoubleD81
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That's quiet time. See what you think when it takes off and lands multiple times in an hour behind your house.
AggieCVQ
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Doesn't sound too pleasant, but I bet it's convenient.

Hoping they expand their operations here. Would be nice for CS to get a more robust job market.
CoachtobeNamed$$$
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I was with my neighbor in his driveway waiting for his delivery. Really cool seeing it come in. I grabbed it wanting to see if it could lift me. It struggled but slowly rose. I was about 4 feet off the ground then let loose.
cstat07
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Heard they're ramping up deliveries soon. Hopefully it won't bother most but I myself wouldn't buy a house near the takeoff point. The noise isn't bad but hearing it all day everyday would be awful IMO.
MsDoubleD81
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I've heard it delivering. It is bad and annoying.
cstat07
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Yeah. It's annoying. I could tolerate airplane frequency. All day everyday would not be ok.
Nutmegger
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Where is the takeoff?
cstat07
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I believe 400 Technology Pkwy. I've heard them several times when we are at woodcreek park or in the surrounding area.
MsDoubleD81
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Yep. Right behind Woodcreek.
AggiePhil
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Right behind Mercedes.
 
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