Antarctica is doing everything they can to protect there Environment !
This includes that the IAATO now Requires any Drone Pilots to use
Floats or as we call them the Rescue Jackets.
we have been selling a lot more of those than in the past , an now we know why.
Mavic 3 Series Air 3 / Air 2S /. Mavic 2 Series Phantom 4 V2 Series
We partnered with there Dispatch and Offer our
Stream Line Rescue Float / Jacket which now includes the Wet Suits for those flying in Antarctica.
The Phantomrain Drone Floats have a Stream Line Design and take only seconds to apply , an have proven a pefect choice for your DJI Drone .
Phantomrain.org
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so we can get you up an running.
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Mavic 3 Rescue Jacket | Phantom Rain
In video #2, I can't figure out just why you are so concerned with the pair LEOs in their patrol cars, sitting there behind your car; pardon me if I say, it seemed there was a note of fear or trepidation in your narration regarding them.
I presume that since you're flying a drone which requires, at least, registration, if not — since you're obviously promoting a (your) business online — Pt.107, everything you're doing is legal, & those LEOs would or should have nothing to say, aside from questions out of curiosity.
If I were in your place, I would have included a slow, casual flight around behind your car, not necessarily over them, but maybe hovering for a bit, with your camera facing them, making sure that they knew that you were watching them, too. Perhaps, with a doughnut suspended from a thin line…?
On another note, I've been tossing an idea around, considering the way life jackets are worn & used for people, & that conventional styles tend to be bulky &/ restrictive, & there are a few types that are much closer to a mere vest, but auto-inflate upon hitting the water, or are activated manually with a cord.
The auto-inflation function being safer in the instance someone were knocked overboard, unconscious, & the life jacket automatically inflating.
Thus, like your “rescue jackets”, not necessarily keeping the drone afloat & being able to land & takeoff again from the water, but like in your video #1, keeping them from sinking to the bottom, & remaining afloat enough to be retrieved, instead of unrecoverable.
My idea was more like the auto-inflating life jacket — say, something like a bright neon-coloured balloon or plastic bladder, similar to a parachute for toy rockets, but more fully enclosed, only enough of an opening for water to get in to activate a dry chemical if submerged — think, baking powder, for instance — & if the drone were to hit the water & begin to sink, the bladder would unfurl, & water would activate the chemical, generate gas (CO2) & the drone float back up, &/ remain on the surface, with enough of the neon-coloured bladder showing above the surface to make it visible.
That idea of auto-inflating rescue float, would also be re-usable, again, like the toy rocket parachute.
I think that it would also be lighter & more compact, & not detract from the flight abilities of the drone as much.
I don't have the initiative or inclination to pursue the idea, but since you're obviously interested in similar things…
