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A North Dakota golf course is asking a drone to deliver hamburgers and refreshments to its customers, saying the new delivery method is much cheaper than a food cart and will reach customers in just 10 minutes.

The six-week experience will begin Sept. 15 at King's Golf Course in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and golfers will be able to use an app on their phone to order drinks or food for a fee. delivery charge of $ 3. The drone, which weighs about 33 pounds, flies at about 30 km / h and hovers 250 feet above golfers to prevent bullets from coming out of the sky.

"Young golfers think it's great, we've already called and asked when the drone is flying?" the executive director of the golf course, Bill Palmiscno, says CNN. "The old members think somehow," Oh, you're wasting your money. "

The company supplying the drones is FlyTrex, an Israeli start-up that has already been successful in the food delivery sector in Iceland this year. For drones to be a permanent part of the golf course, they need an FAA license. In the United States, delivery of drones has been rare due to strict regulations.

However, open space provided by a golf course is an ideal test market, "said CEO Yariv Bash at CNN.

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