Have the drones stopped flying, haven't heard or seen any all weekend, thank God.
A number flew over or near my house yesterday (Sunday). They would have been from the Blanch Centre base.
I haven't noticed any today (Monday) but that is not a surprise considering the gusty winds.
I think that the Junction 6 base might have been closed due to a planning enforcement.
anyone attempt to shot them down yet?
I got a leaflet through the door over the weekend about an action group opposing the drones in the area.
Have to say I don't mind them, can be loud for a minute if they're delivering to a house nearby but don't notice them flying over most of the time.
The drones are polarising.
Councillor John Walsh has been drumming up opposition to them. Manna responded by delivering a letter of support (of the company), signed by 400 residents, to councillors.
I work from home a lot and they go over regularly throughout the day. Bit of noise for a few seconds as they're going by, no worse than a motorbike or lawnmower, and then it's done with. I think a lot of those complaining about them are just happy they have something new to complain about.
There's so much vehicle traffic (=noise) on the road near me that I can only see the drones, not hear them. Maybe the people who are opposed to them live in a nicer area than me.
On the other hand, I'm not particularly convinced the drones serve any useful purpose, apart from being a gimmicky way to do deliveries. At the moment they don't bother me at all, but some regulations or restrictions are necessary - otherwise we'll have drone swarms all over the area.
I don't mind them (for now), give me these over a Honda 50 any day! If I was to use them, my issue would be the height they're dropped from. Noway a drink is surviving that?! The string that is released is left for you to tidy up too.
They say the string can be composted.
The package is not "dropped" but let down onto the ground. With coffee being the most popular delivery, the drinks must be surviving, otherwise people would stop ordering them (one of my neighbours seems to get a delivery every morning around 9am, which I would expect includes coffee).
there’s a good bit of regulation in relation to flying one, all but the very small ones need to be registered and the pilots accredited with the IAA, lots of rules, you need to be so far from house or people, etc etc, I’d guess most hobby ones are operating illegally which attracts big fines if caught.
Happy days so. I've just witnessed the one delivery to the next door neighbour. Package landed on some rockery and fell over. The string was left draped over their tree.
otherwise we'll have drone swarms all over the area.
Yeah that's my main concern. At the moment, the number of places you can actually order from is very limited, but if more and more operators get involved, it could get out of hand very quickly.
I find them annoying but nothing that really impacts my daily life, that would change very rapidly if the numbers flying overhead increased significantly.
They seem to be flying again.
They never stopped, saw plenty over the weekend and the last few days.
Presumably couldn't operate during Storm Floris but I'd say that was all it was
Not seen near castleknock lawn tennis till 2 days ago
Did the army get rid of them Bofors L70 anti aircraft guns?
Seriously there is anti drone technology for bringing them down from disrupting signal to anti-drone drones with capture nets.
The rest of Dublin is envious that D15 has these drone delivers. It's good for the area.
Can the moaners go away.
Clear nonsense when you look at the opposition to Manna's plans to expand into other areas…..
I live close enough by to at least one if not two of their bases (and I was here before they started operating) that they're a nuisance at best. I'd say those most vocally in support are those who live nearer to the periphery of the delivery zones, who see few beyond those delivering to them, vs those who are being overflown multiple times per hour.
On the other hand, I can't overlook the upside that the drones do remove some of the deliveroo/just eat drivers and bikes from the road, who can be a liability in their own way.
They're not removing significant numbers off the road. Very few people were ordering two coffees and a muffin by Deliveroo. This is extra traffic delivering more unhealthy food.
Gotta say, with the decent weather lately, i've been in the back garden a lot and slowly starting to resent them. I must have counted 20+ over the course of the weekend just gone by. It seems they are quite popular where we live and surrounding houses in the estate frequently using them for deliveries. It's all well and good when they fly overhead and not stop close by, the disturbance lasts for 10-15s at worst, but when they are making a very local drop it takes them over 1 minute for them to stop, drop and take off again and at close distance they are quite loud. Two hovered in neighbours back gardens over the weekend and you can't talk over them. I'm not against them per say (I'm not a NIMBY), it's an amazing use of technology, but when you consider all the aspects of environmental issues, human factors and factors that would require consideration for just about any change being brought about - i'm surprised they were let fly that easy without much public consultation. So I can understand the apprehension in other areas if further expansion is planned. They already have at least 3 take off zones now (Blanchardstown SC, Coolmine Industrial estate & Junction 6) and its evident lately the increase in air traffic.
I thought there were restrictions on flying drones in residential areas? How come these are getting around those regulations?
Also, nevermind the noise, I would have thought people would have objected more on privacy grounds..
Indeed, in fact we here in D15 feel guilty that we are so privileged and would like the rest of Dublin to have a turn. no, no, we insist.
. They already have at least 3 take off zones now (Blanchardstown SC, Coolmine Industrial estate & Junction 6)
They already have at least 3 take off zones now (Blanchardstown SC, Coolmine Industrial estate & Junction 6)
Why do they have three sites within a couple of km of each other and none elsewhere? Because drones are utterly unsuited to fast food delivery. Why? Think about it. You order an Eddie Rockets. Someone has to walk your food over to the drone site, then it gets loaded into the drone, then it gets flown to you. You’re talking a minimum of 15 minutes from food being ready to food arriving. All the while your burger and chips are going cold and soggy in their uninsulated cardboard.
Manna have three drone sites in D15 not because the demand is huge but because the drones have to lift off from where the food is made. More food offerings means more drone sites, it has to. Anything more than a couple of hundred metres and the model falls apart.
The current model is unworkable long-term and the guy knows it. The only way this will work is if drones are operating from a large central location whereby the food can get from the fryer straight to the drone and it’s all run by the one operator.
This is a testing ground for the drone tech, not the service itself.
You’re talking a minimum of 15 minutes from food being ready to food arriving. All the while your burger and chips are going cold and soggy in their uninsulated cardboard.
You’re talking a minimum of 15 minutes from food being ready to food arriving. All the while your burger and chips are going cold and soggy in their uninsulated cardboard
Manna claims most deliveries take less than 5 minutes. Surely it would take a normal delivery driver a lot longer, especially if the traffic is bad.
You'd be surprised with the amount of people that get Starbucks delivered these days, it's nowhere near as uncommon as you think it is.
Manna claims most deliveries take less than 5 minutes.
That's five minutes from drone take-off to drop-off. It is absolutely not five minutes from ordering to delivery. Most things that follow the words "Manna claims" need to taken with a pinch of salt.
A delivery driver can at least put your food into an insulated box and keep it warm.
Id imagine It would still be quicker overall though, otherwise there would be no point paying extra to have it delivered by drone.
It hasn't put the delivery drivers out of business yet though. Still plenty of them around blanch anyway.
I don't think it would work in small towns. Not enough space for them.
I didn't claim it was a significant number, but I know my neighbours regularly (multiple per day usually, that's its own matter) get small bags delivered from takeaways and these could be accommodated by drones. That they aren't means a mix of mopeds and cars being driven into the estate several times per day, often with a distinct lack of regard for other road users.
Maybe this isn't the kind of lifestyle we should be bending over backwards to accommodate in the first place?
They are popular as the demand for the deliveries are huge. Them articles don't reveal anything.
The privacy thing is a non runner - cameras/ CCTV almost becoming normal in many areas now. The noise isn't an issue. We are a cold country and don't sit out the back garden for the majority of the year. Someone cutting their grass on a Sunday for 20 minutes is more annoying.
Whether people just have a snobby opposition to their neighbours ordering a McDonald's for their dinner on a Tuesday night, I don't know.
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