ice rescue concept

Lapeer20m · Dec 22, 2017

just some preliminary testing for this idea that's floating around in my head.......

CaveDrone · Dec 22, 2017

Nice idea!

Rnl · Dec 22, 2017

Good job, looks to me like that's going to work fine great job.

Rnl · Dec 22, 2017

The guy in [emoji1063] is probably going to disagree, but really how you can you it won't work.

MAvic_South_Oz · Dec 22, 2017

All you need to get from safe ice to a victim, great idea, and shows perfectly what drones can be be used for.

Aerial Gopher · Dec 23, 2017

As you can see in this situation someone has already walked up to the guy, as you can tell by the footprints. So yes, being from Canada, this won't work!!! Haha

hryzec · Dec 23, 2017

That jacket seems already ice frozen to me

Nice work anyway! I like the way this guys sticks with his idea and existing materials and make it work no matter how many people tell him there are more dedicated aerial vehicles for this job or whatever else. Hat down and fingers crossed in real situations.

Lapeer20m · Dec 23, 2017

hryzec said:
That jacket seems already ice frozen to me Nice work anyway! I like the way this guys sticks with his idea and existing materials and make it work no matter how many people tell him there are more dedicated aerial vehicles for this job or whatever else. Hat down and fingers crossed in real situations.

I wanted to use a real guy who fell through the ice but couldn't find any volunteers. /s

I still firmly believe that a matrice would be a much better delivery vehicle but a mavic can be a viable alternative.

In fact, the size and portability of mavic might make it a better option depending on the scenario.

Mavic isn't rated to fly below freezing but from my experience people tend to fall through the ice when the air temperatures are warmer and the ice is beginning to thaw.

Also, many people have flown mavic in extremely cold temperatures with great success.

I am pretty sure that cold air is more dense and should make it easier to generate lift.

Im not advocating for mavic to be the only solution for ice rescue. Often, there are a limited number of rescue suits and many responders on scene. In most scenarios, the rescue team should absolutely continue their efforts with traditional methods while alternate methods, like a drone, are utilized.

It's always great to have plan b, and c when time is of the essence.