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  • Most high end drones have less than 30 minutes battery life. You need to spend quite a few thousand pounds (as opposed to a thousand pounds) to get something that does more.

    EDIT: In fact, I think you'd be spending more than £7.5k for a drone that can last more than 30 minutes, unless you build your own.

  • EDIT: In fact, I think you'd be spending more than £7.5k for a drone that can last more than 30 minutes, unless you build your own.

    As the consensus seems to be that there were at least two drones (the initial sighting was two, then it seems that whoever's doing it would need two for when the batteries go) that's at least £15k then. Plus any costs of modifying them (the drone experts have widely said they must be modified).

    I'm fascinated by this story, it all seems so well organised and planned, whoever's behind it.

    I don't want to wish further inconvenience on anyone but I'm not convinced it's over - the last sightings were overnight and the weather's been rubbish since then. The person/people behind it probably needed some sleep and nobody's claimed responsibility yet...

  • To be fair, it is equally likely that somebody just bought a bunch of mavic pros from Argos and coded them to fly a set flight path on a timer or on receipt of a remote command. Either way, very well planned.

  • Surely halve your cost by just buying a reserve battery!?

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