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minus-square@ikiddlinkEnglish6•1 month 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoSome of the ranches are big enough they do have helicopters. It’s not impossible.
minus-square@ikiddlinkEnglish3•edit-21 month 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/