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minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days ago “They could buy five X2s for the price it would take to [replace the engine] in their regular helicopter.” Australian farmers aren’t buying million dollar helicopters to herd cattle. I don’t know what the author is smoking.
minus-squareKanzarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoSome of the ranches are big enough they do have helicopters. It’s not impossible.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 days agoI know they have helicopters, I’ve been in a couple. They’re pretty janky and cheap. Maybe there’s farmers with million-dollar helicopters, but I haven’t heard of one. Edit: they’re shitboxes like this: https://www.pbs.org/video/helicopter-cowboys-wrangle-cattle-australia-tahs67/
Australian farmers aren’t buying million dollar helicopters to herd cattle. I don’t know what the author is smoking.
Some of the ranches are big enough they do have helicopters. It’s not impossible.
I know they have helicopters, I’ve been in a couple. They’re pretty janky and cheap. Maybe there’s farmers with million-dollar helicopters, but I haven’t heard of one.
Edit: they’re shitboxes like this: https://www.pbs.org/video/helicopter-cowboys-wrangle-cattle-australia-tahs67/