February 11, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, birdguy said: FedEx needs a mix of aircraft to fit their destination airports. FedEx uses a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan to service my town (population 49,000). That's all it needs to make the daily run to Lubbock TX and back each day. I'm sure they have the routes in mind for the Cessna Sky Courier for larger towns and cities. Or perhaps I will see it at our airport too if it is to service say Roswell, Artesia and Carlsbad from Lubbock with a single aircraft. Noel Or maybe Midland, TX, El Paso, or Albuquerque. I'd bet you will likely see this airplane going into Roswell. C208's always seem undersized on some of those routes. Where I live Fedex does not normally fly -- it's easier to truck things to Memphis or St. Louis. Memphis, usually, since that's their huge hub. We have a nice interstate going straight to Memphis, just a 2.5 hour drive. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
February 12, 20224 yr 19 hours ago, martin-w said: Considering there are aircraft out there with automated condition and prop pitch settings, I wonder if manufactures are either lazy. or refraining to put the advanced technology in their aircraft because it's cheaper... and they can still charge mega bucks for their product. From what I read on Wikipedia, the Skycourier was "designed to match Fedex's specifications". It doesn't need to be complicated, which also keeps the cost down. Utilitarian, like you said. The cost is in line with the DeHavilland DHC-6, only its faster, has more range, and has higher payload capacity. Just what Fedex wants. Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
February 12, 20224 yr Author 48 minutes ago, dave2013 said: Just what Fedex wants. Yeah! But what about what WE in the shooting gallery want? Noel Edited February 12, 20224 yr by birdguy The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
February 12, 20224 yr I'm in the peanut gallery. I would guess Fedex wants to save on fuel with a 2 container aircraft that gets great fuel millage, is fast, with easy maintenance features. Sounds like a more practical idea than Bezos and Musk space vehicles and residential delivery electric drones. But then on the other hand, those two are zillionaires for a reason. I've seen teeny electric vehicles about a foot tall carrying parcels from the grocery store down the sidewalk and across streets for a few years now. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
February 12, 20224 yr Author 2 minutes ago, Fielder said: I've seen teeny electric vehicles about a foot tall carrying parcels from the grocery store down the sidewalk and across streets for a few years now. Can they climb stairs to put the parcels at your door like the 5'8" UPS guy does? How much do they weigh? Can they easily be stolen off the street? Can the parcels be lifted from them? Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
February 12, 20224 yr I'm sure Fedex knows exactly what they need and want, and this does look like a great fit for their use. Don't think this really competes with the delivery drone idea, as these aircraft are only meant to get packages to the area in general, and still require local delivery of some kind. Ground based options may work better, but aerial delivery drones aren't looking like a great idea.
February 12, 20224 yr 50 minutes ago, birdguy said: Can they climb stairs to put the parcels at your door like the 5'8" UPS guy does? How much do they weigh? Can they easily be stolen off the street? Can the parcels be lifted from them? Noel They don't climb stairs. Because they stop at traffic lights, it would be easy for a pedestrian to lift the top and take the cans of soup inside. It's the SavMor supermarket chain of stores that has these. They're probably 18" tall with a warning flagpole about another 18 inches high. Hard for drivers to notice the little buggers crossing the intersection. Maybe taller flag poles would snag on something. Edited February 12, 20224 yr by Fielder 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
February 12, 20224 yr Author They're cute little buggers. But I'm not comfortable with someone else picking out my groceries for me...especially fresh meat and produce. I'd rather look it over myself before I put it in the basket and buy it. I see cars parked in the special places at WalMart and clerks coming out with two baskets of stuff to load into their trucks or cars. I'll do my own shopping, thank you! Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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