fire drone

Okay I work for a fire department in northern Arizona and i am looking for a plane with an xyz camera on it that can fly over the 800 acre location we work out of. I was wondering if there is a possibility to have both the controls and the video still work and ranges that long. This plane will be used here for flying over the facility and searching for wildfire for faster response. If anybody has a parts list that could benefit my needs that would be appreciated.

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  • sucks that you didn't get a response until 24 days after your 'bump'.. and a whole month after your original posting.

  • technically I don't know if what you are wanting to do is allowed based on the new FAA rules.. which in its documentations mentions the uses of such UAV platforms.. one of which was fire fighting recon.

     

    I think your best bet for that sort of range would be using the EagleEyes OSD which has a antenna tracker.. and then use a long range yagii (directional) antenna for transmit and receive.  If you have a HAM/Amateur radio license then you could use stuff in the 70cm (430MHz) range and get some great distances.

     

    800 acres is 1.25 sq mi.. which doesn't seem all that large.. most directional antennas will give you a TX/RX for those distances.  Diydrones.com has a 2.4GHz amplifier.. which would give you 4-8 miles on the TX side if you use a 2.4GHz radio.

     

    For video.. well this is where you get into the HAM/Amateur radio stuff.. over a certain wattage you really need a technician class.. which isn't all that difficult these days..   rangevideo.com has some great TX for video.. like a 1000mW transmitter.

     

    Then the real trick would be a good flying wing with some serious width so you don't have to fly all the fast and thus can look around more.   You really only need a Pan and Tilt.  UrbanDrones.com has a nice light, cheap one for $6.. that mounted to a lage flying wing should be pretty smooth.

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