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Beaufort County resident creates safer drone to cover the blades

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    Aaron Weller began flying model airplanes more than 25 years ago, when he was 14.

    But the models of his youth didn't have the knife-sharp rotating blades, which spin at hundreds of times per minute, that he sees on today's drones.

    So when he began hearing about plans by companies such as Amazon to use unmanned aerial craft to deliver packages, he looked down at his young daughter and became concerned.

    If those drones malfunction and fall, their blades could hurt people.

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