Seems like the world is certainly changing these days... Strangely, it does meet the criteria for an accident!
TSB REPORT#A13W0077: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Draganfly Innovations Draganflyer X4-P Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) was being utilized in the area of the Yellowknife Shooting Club, approximately 1.5 miles west of the Yellowknife airport tower, in support of an emergency response team training exercise. The UAV was being flown under the authority of a Transport Canada Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC), by a trained UAV operator. While manoeuvring at approximately 170 feet above ground the UAV incurred a mechanical malfunction that resulted in a loss of lift and a hard landing. The canopy and rotors sustained substantial damage. There were no injuries and there was no risk to the general public at the crash site. The UAV and the flight log are being sent to the manufacturer for detained inspection to identify the nature of the malfunction and for repairs.
Damn the air force lobbed a a bomb onto the golf course off an F18 now the RCMP are dropping a UAV -- maybe it got hit by a hooked T shot -- lmfaoooooo
Liquid Charlie wrote:Damn the air force lobbed a a bomb onto the golf course off an F18 now the RCMP are dropping a UAV -- maybe it got hit by a hooked T shot -- lmfaoooooo
I don't know how near the shooting club is but it's interesting to see it mentioned in the same breath.......you don't suppose somebody had a shot go astray? .
the future of drones is actually quite limited. I keep hearing the dreamers quote that the Rmax will replace the good old Canadian crop dusters. Cost vs efficiency is many year away. Drones will not be delivering junk food because no one cares to order junk food as much anymore. Drones will be used in surveillance, survey, and that is about it. Right now they are cheap, but once the same standards get applied to drones from the GA and commercial operations will they still make any financial sense?
bushhopper wrote:the future of drones is actually quite limited. I keep hearing the dreamers quote that the Rmax will replace the good old Canadian crop dusters. Cost vs efficiency is many year away. Drones will not be delivering junk food because no one cares to order junk food as much anymore. Drones will be used in surveillance, survey, and that is about it. Right now they are cheap, but once the same standards get applied to drones from the GA and commercial operations will they still make any financial sense?
i disagree. its cheaper to crash the odd drone than to train pilots. its still a relatively new thing, theyll get better at it. i hate it, but i think thats the case. to say the future of drones is limited makes me think of the (in)famous quote "everything that can be invented, has been invented."
The only UAV's that work well are the multi million dollar military machinery. The bulk of what is trying to be sold is not much better than very cheap hobbyist stuff. As for using them for AG it's just impractical. You could but who is going to pay millions over and above the cost of a million dollar machine just so they don't have to pay a pilot. Yes there is UAV machinery being used now to spray rice in Japan, a half hectare block at ULV rates is different to spraying a Prairie square mile at 2 gals/acre.
If people think they can replace a grizzly old AG pilot and a million dollar aircraft with a pimply faced computer geek and a Tandy foam flying wing they are mistaken.
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