CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
GOOD!
A similar situation occurred to a group in Australia. As we all know, the outback of Australia is one of the most dangerous places on Earth, and that was put on display by atypical rainfall causing creeks to flood the roads around popular tourist attractions. So this group had to think fast after stalling out their engine trying to cross one of the overflowing creeks in desperation.
This wouldn’t be a PropellerHeads article without a drone, right? For once, the first responders aren’t the ones that found the missing people this time. No, these are strong, independent lost people, who can get their own help! They started by trying to send SOS messages from their phone on land. When they realized that wasn’t working, they strapped it to a drone and launched into the air as the phone was trying to find a signal. They found success flying high enough over the trees and other obstacles, the message is sent! This signaled emergency responders to start the search for them. Rumors say the message said something to the effect of, “Bloody ute, got stuck on the way to the barbie. Hurry before the dingos take the baby.” Don’t worry. They made it to the barbecue.
$250K MISTAKE
CRIMINAL MASTERMIND? NO.
Let’s paint the picture. (Hollywood style)
It was a crisp, clear, California morning or as Californians like to say, “The C’s are off the chain today brah.” No idea if that’s actually something that is said, but it sounds right, so we’ll go with it. Two LAPD officers were just minding their own business, investigating a crime scene, when they decided their friend Greg would get a kick out of this. They call him and he’s all, “Far out! That crime scene sounds like a gnarly tube. I’ll surf on over in the heli to check the vibe.” Greg climbs into his standard issued helicopter and begins the journey.
Things are going well. Greg is feeling mellow and his 4th chakra is open. But then tragedy strikes. Greg sees a small spec on the horizon and notices it’s getting closer. And closer. Did he mix up the mushroom jars when making an omelet this morning? Finally he starts to make out it’s a drone flying right towards him. He tries to avoid, but this little dude is on a rampage towards him. He has no choice but to take on the full impact of a Mavic 2 Pro.
Aaand Scene!
All jokes aside, the pilot was able to land the helicopter, and luckily no one was hurt. This just goes to show how dangerous a small drone can be in the hands of an anonymous pilot. Thankfully, we aren’t dealing with a criminal mastermind, and the police were able to find his identity from a memory card in the drone. The man faces up to $250k in fines for his actions. Hopefully this will be a lesson for everyone out there to be a little more responsible and aware when flying in busy airspace.
FIRST RULE ABOUT DRONE FIGHT CLUB?EVERYONE’S ALLOWED IN! |
People are always asking us if we know the people working on the drone fighters for the military. But with a gun barrel in between your teeth, you only speak in vowels.
Alright, that got darker than we were hoping. But Fight Club is a dark movie and that’s the first scene!
Long story short, the Brits are joining the club. Last year, the British government (which is profoundly vanilla) approved the biggest increase in military spending since the Cold War. Some of that money is going towards a three year project to build a fighter drone to fly next to their Typhoons and F-35’s.
This program will create over a hundred jobs in Belfast over the next few years. The workers who get these jobs won’t be by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, those things won’t concern them. What will concern them is thrust ratios, g-forces pulled, accurate GPS modules. Martha Stewart.
A FEW MORE FOR YOUR BRAIN
UPCOMING EVENTS
| Feb 15th – Integration of UAS into Law Enforcement Field Operations Feb 15th – Two Day Basic Training Feb 15th – Online Part 107 | One-day Class |
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