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Flying Hamburger? Right ...

Posted by Oliver on June 11, 2013 at 7:30am

             

So an insufferably "upscale" fishmonger/burger joint in the UK has posted a video on YouTube claiming to show a tray of food being flown to a customer's table on the back of a quad. The quad appears to be a Parrot (or close to one) and it seems that these folks have discovered some secret to carrying massive weight that has eluded all of us here! Either that or someone was real busy hollowing out blocks of Styrofoam, or maybe just real handy with video trickery. Well, at least they don't have this little quad listening to everyone's phone calls ...

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  • Tissy June 12, 2013 at 10:48am

    Nice idea, but i'd have to ask if they have CAA permission to conduct aerial work ?

  • Jake Wells June 11, 2013 at 11:06pm

    I hate fake stuff.

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    Bill Bonney June 11, 2013 at 9:32pm

    Yo Sushi!. The conveyor belts are still working, wow, they look the same since the last time I ate there, pre 2002. I'm sure 3 nigiri will still cost GBP5+. Dam expensive. All you can eat sushi in Van is $12... woot! They also have a robot server there, or maybe its been replaced by the new copter... lol.

  • Oliver June 11, 2013 at 4:13pm

    It'll save on ketchup.

  • Gerard Toonstra June 11, 2013 at 3:50pm

    Serving vegetarian food is going to be difficult with this setup!

  • HeliStorm June 11, 2013 at 3:37pm

    Something smells fishy, and it isn't the sushi.

  • Oliver June 11, 2013 at 3:19pm
    Those are all probably employees sitting and talking ... and I still suspect that the whole thing is fake. Look carefully at the "food" at 0:55. It's vibrating like it has no mass. Styrofoam and a little paint. I'll bet the whole tray and all doesn't weigh more than a couple of ounces. Now, I could slap a nice T-Bone on top of my hex and dare anyone there to grab it without losing a finger, LOL!  Also they spared us the advertised delivery at "25 mph" - that would have been interesting...
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    Jared S June 11, 2013 at 1:12pm

    High tech conveyor belts! I think this is what you call "CEO speak." AKA BS

  • Joshua Johnson June 11, 2013 at 12:24pm

    @Gerald, Yeah I totally agree the propellers are a lawsuit waiting to happen for that business owner.  Those props are probably spinning 2x or 3x the normal prop speed to hold up that food and tray and would be extremely easy to get a finger hacked up.

  • Gerard Toonstra June 11, 2013 at 12:10pm

    The use of unprotected propellers near customers baffles me though! :) The Parrot does have a styrofoam body for that.

    "Customer injures finger when reaching for his order"... or something like that.

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