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		mkl on Oct 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alphabet’s Wing begins making commercial drone del... Any idea why the right tail is a different shape? Is that an antenna sticking out? Why the bulbous white part?

thanhhaimai on Oct 19, 2019 [–]

I believe that's a Pitot tube. It's to determine the airspeed of the drone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tube

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