Google reveals delivery drones to take on Amazon's package dropping project

Hybrid 'tail sitter' design has wings for fast forward flight, and rotors for hovering for delivery and take-off and landing Google has built and tested self flying drones designed to deliver packages. Scroll down for video Google has already tested the drone delivery system in Australia HOME DELIVERY Eventually Google said it could use unmanned flying vehicles to deliver shopping items to consumers at home. 'Self-flying vehicles could open up entirely new approaches to moving goods – including options that are cheaper, faster, less wasteful and more environmentally sensitive than what's possible today,' the firm said. 'There's a lot of friction in how we do things currently – double-parked delivery trucks clog city streets, traffic jams choke the fast-growing cities of Africa and Asia.'