Showing posts with label aerial vehicle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aerial vehicle. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Dragonflyer Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Police Applications
“Draganflyer X6 R/C UAV approved by FAA for use by Mesa County Sheriff’s under Certificate of Authority (COA)”
“An advantage of the Draganflyer X6 is the relatively low cost when compared to air operations using a full sized manned helicopter or fixed wing aircraft. The Mesa Countys Sheriff office has been involved in more than 60 search and rescue operations this year. The Draganflyer X6 could of been deployed at a number of these cases providing a substantial cost savings for the Mesa County Sheriffs office.”
More at:
http://www.draganfly.com/news/2009/10/22/draganflyer-x6-rc-uav-approved-by-faa-for-use-by-mesa-county-sheriffs-under-certificate-of-authority-coa/
“Draganflyer X6 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Takes Flight in OPP Police Applications”
“The Draganflyer X6 UAV helicopter, designed by Draganfly Innovations Inc. for aerial photography and videography, was used by the Forensic Identification Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on February 21, 2009 to collect evidence in a homicide investigation in a remote area outside of Kenora, Ontario, Canada. This represented the first operational mission of a federally approved, commercially produced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by an emergency service in North America.”
More at:
http://www.draganfly.com/news/2009/03/26/draganflyer-x6-unmanned-aerial-vehicle-opp-police-applications/
Dragonfly website:
http://www.draganfly.com/uav-helicopter/draganflyer-x6/index.php
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Radio Controlled Helicopter – for police work?
Just a thought; a real size helicopter is sometimes very useful in police work. An infrared camera can identify people. A night vision camera can “light up” an area at night.
The problem is a helicopter is very expensive to operate and extremely noisy.
The radio control helicopters also quiet enough to not be heard more than 50 feet away and can fly down streets and alleys at as little as one foot altitude and as much as 400 foot altitude.
They can take from 10 minutes to almost instant on to be ready to fly.
Here are two very different versions of a radio controlled helicopter:
Skyshutter Americam:
http://www.aericam.com/
http://www.parrot.com/
The problem is a helicopter is very expensive to operate and extremely noisy.
The radio control helicopters also quiet enough to not be heard more than 50 feet away and can fly down streets and alleys at as little as one foot altitude and as much as 400 foot altitude.
They can take from 10 minutes to almost instant on to be ready to fly.
Here are two very different versions of a radio controlled helicopter:
Aerial Photography New York------SkyShutter--Promo from Jason Lam on Vimeo.
Skyshutter Americam:
http://www.aericam.com/
http://www.parrot.com/
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