Drone delivers rescue buoy to drowning man - GIF

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Oct 24, 2019, 11:38 AM
Jon

Drone delivers rescue buoy to drowning man - GIF

Drone delivers rescue buoy to drowning man. Obviously a demo video, although there is a related story.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...362#post142392
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...442#post139038
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...068#post138029
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...048#post137966
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3604#post99572
Oct 24, 2019, 01:01 PM
mklotz

All I see is a gray rectangle with an unhappy face and this inscription below it...

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Oct 24, 2019, 01:16 PM
Jon

All fixed, my error, thanks.
Oct 24, 2019, 07:15 PM
jimfols

A small boat sailor's dream come true.
Oct 25, 2019, 10:28 AM
jdurand

Might want to drop it closer to the drowning person.

A thought, have a long high visibility streamer dangle from the drone. Fly over the person so this is within reach. When they grab it, the flotation device is released and is attached to the streamer. That way the person can haul it over to where they are.
Oct 25, 2019, 10:26 PM
Frank S

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdurand

Might want to drop it closer to the drowning person.

A thought, have a long high visibility streamer dangle from the drone. Fly over the person so this is within reach. When they grab it, the flotation device is released and is attached to the streamer. That way the person can haul it over to where they are.

the streamer idea is the best I have heard so far. When a distressed person in the water is on the verge of drowning they are not going to be able to swim towards a flotation device in the first place, the second place dropping a device even within a couple of feet of the person if it happens to be behind them before they realize where the device is it may be pushed away by wave action or even the victim without their realizing it.
But a bright orange or red colored streamer dangled in the water from the drone could be positioned right in their hand almost and like you said a tug would release the device right on top of them.