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Outback Joe is at his property in remote Queensland, Australia and has been feeling unwell. He has had a remote consultation with his doctor using video conferencing, and his doctor has requested some blood tests be done as soon as possible. Joe is well prepared, has a home sample taking kit, and has taken his blood sample. The challenge is now to get the blood sample to the lab. Joe’s property is very remote and to make matters worse, it has been cut off by floodwaters.

Teams are invited to attempt to retrieve a blood sample from the remote Outback Joe and return it to base where medical staff will be waiting to analyse it. Teams must deploy unmanned aircraft to Joe’s location, and then return a sample bottle from him utilising a remote landing and takeoff site close to him. They must complete all of this within one hour.

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Mark Omo April 12, 2016 at 7:17pm

We weren't able to make it, our helicopter just finished getting flight tested and the vibes are too high to work out, we would be good to go if the deadline was pushed a week :(
deadhurricane April 12, 2016 at 7:13pm

Shall we make a post here about submitted D2s with links to youtube videos?
Stephen Gloor April 12, 2016 at 7:31am

Ours is in - sent today
Stephen Dade April 12, 2016 at 7:24am

Submitted CanberraUAV's D2 last night. I can rest easy now :)
JB April 12, 2016 at 6:58am

Hows everyone doing with their Deliverable 2?

We're going to be finished tonight. I hope! ;-)
LightWare - Laser Developer October 15, 2015 at 10:14pm

Wishing all the participants the very best success in this challenging competition. If you make it into the top 20 teams then don't forget to claim your laser altimeter from LightWare - free-laser-rangefinders-from-our-sponsor-lightware-optoelectronics

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