There is much chatter as of late to possible leaks of FAA information in reference to the move towards establishing formal rules for drone use. This morning I came across "Government proposes rules for routine use of drones" reported by Fox News.
Video Reporting here.
JUST AMAZING! A Dutch-based engineering student has revealed a prototype 'Ambulance Drone' ... a flying defibrillator!
It can fly at speeds up to 100 kms per hour and tracks emergency mobile calls using GPS to navigate.
If an ambulance took 10 minutes to reach a cardiac arrest patient, the chance of survival is only 8%. But the drone can get a defibrillator to a patient inside a 12 km sq zone within a minute, increasing the chance of survival to 80%.
Once at the scene, an operator, like a paramedic, can watch, talk and instruct those helping the victim by using an on-board camera connected to a control room.
Visit alecmomont.com for more information.
For those of you who have been attempting to get 6 flight modes out of your Spektrum radio, I have finally figured a method to make it work with the "Flap" and "Elev D/R" toggle switches. I won't bore you with details but attached are my instructions to reconfigure your radio (mine is a DX7s) to allow only one channel to be used to toggle up to 6 modes. I prefer to keep Channel 7 available for other things.
These are the values (PWM) I came up with
Elev D/R – 0 Flap – 0 Mission Planner – Flight Mode 6 PWM - 1932
1 3 1395
2 1 1136
Elev D/R – 1 Flap – 0 Mission Planner – Flight Mode 5 PWM - 1715
1 4 1530
2 2 1299
Spektrum%20DX7s%20-%206%20Flight%20Mode%20Channel%20Configuration%20Procedures.docx
Enjoy!
Doug W.
I have some real concerns about this article. Although this article talks about commercial hijacking, I feel this could very well happen to me and other hobbyists. And what can DIY Drones help develop to reduce this probability?
