Since putting up the blog post on our state-of-the-art delivery drone, which gets to any customers house on the same day they purchased, we have received an unbelievable response from readers all the way from France, Germany and Sweden.
Obviously we can’t go into detail on our Japanese drone as things might slip, blueprints can get discovered and before you know it the biggest company’s in Britain have taken our concept but changed the name.
Increasing Popularity of our Drone is Growing Abroad
As our readers have been sending loads of letters asking about the drone, whether they can buy one and if they can get a private one for their deliveries, we’ve noticed some letters weren’t sent from the UK. We got a couple from France, quite a few from Germany (a country at the forefront of modern vehicle technology) and a few from Sweden who initially believed we could fly drones from our warehouse to their house.
Unfortunately at the moment we can only deliver to UK based customers via our BEDS drone, however, the sky really is the limit on these nifty devices. Due to strong interest from the Royal Mail, we have begun to take the drone campaigns seriously as our Japanese partners have discussed with us in great length about how the BEDS has the potential to launch from the UK and to overseas into Europe.
The Challenges BEDS Faces in the Near Future
One such challenge we had to overcome, which required lengthy meetings to and from Sendai Japan, was the weather. No matter how advanced technology gets, it still can’t beat Mother Nature. Strong winds, heavy rains and hailstones are the biggest worry’s we have when flying the drone at high altitudes.
It’s very possible to fly the drone at low altitudes but due to our slow, inefficient operators (who are still getting to grips with the remote controls) they can’t react quickly enough to manoeuvre around trees, wires, poles, lampposts and birds. Rest assured the operators are very capable of flying at high altitudes but the drone isn’t able to withstand strong weather at the moment.
The drone is so silent that even the birds don’t notice until its within 10 metres. The drones visibility range is between 200-400 metres, depending on how clear the day is, and it has a zoom of an extra 5 metres used for placing the delivery on the doorstep, in the mailbox or even in the customers hands.
Each of the 4 plastic blades are enclosed in a plastic case so as to prevent injury when delivering directly to the customer. It does take some getting used to as it approaches as we anticipate customers will be quite hesitant going near it and will want to jump out of its way.
We want to assure readers that the drone is very safe around people and pets and that it follows all of the UK’s strict Health & Safety policies and procedures.