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Planes do not have the maneuverability of drones. Drones can hover in place. They can stop. They are small and light. Planes can't do this at all.


Depends on the type of drones you want to use and their range. Helicopter-like drones have very poor range and flight time, so this would limit your range considerably. And if you go to a plane-like drone, or even some kind of hybrid mode (eg. VTOL), suddenly you can't really do an emergency hover when cruising to destination.

But even if they find a way to handle the traffic, I was just saying that there will be traffic and that this poses serious problems.




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