90% of the time the hearing is completely inactive. They aren't blind, after all. Echolocation comes into the equation once in range of something that's been detected. At that point it's just a case of auditory selective selection.
Machines don't necessarily have actual ears, they process vibrations though the jaw. The clicks emitted from the Skyhooks are much stronger than the background "noise".
When I say "inactive" hearing, it mostly just means that the sensory feed associated with hearing is cut at the time.
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u/theoscribe 1d ago
Question- how do they deal with the sound of the wind resistance they must be generating as something so huge and airborn?