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UK Police Introduce Microdrones


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Police Spy Drones - UK Police Introduce Microdrones (VIDEO)
UK Police Introduce Microdrones
Published: Sep 26, 07
Comments: 2
Views: 3,409

The British police are now testing spy drones made by Microdrones GmbH, a German company. 

The drones can be deployed in a variety of ways, including surveillance and crowd control.  For example, the Staffordshire Police tested the drones during a rock festival.

The Microdrone GMBH video is very instructive.

  • The drone has very steady GPS positioning.
  • It is very quiet because it is electrically powered
  • The drone has a loudspeaker to keep the people below behaving

In the video, there is a peeping shot of a bikini sunbather, which demonstrates how intrusive the gadget can be.

The drones cost about £30,000 or can be leased for £1,000 a month – a fraction of what it costs to put a helicopter into the air.

As the video below shows, its something of a contrast to the Honeywell craft we looked at earlier on in the week. It's battery powered, so it's quieter -- apparently at 350 feet it is rarely noticed from the ground -- but more limited in terms of performance (flight time is about twenty minutes compared to an hour). Although it might seem flimsy, the video shows how stable it is in flight. It is said to be quite rugged and can return to base even if it loses two of its four rotor blades. One unusual feature is a speaker so that police can give instructions to those on the ground. (blog.wired)

References:  microdrones, blog.wired

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rocketranger on Sep 27, 07  0 Trends   2,582 Comments
Now have LAPD Use these & the US Border Patrol alone. Must have. Nice. Great for rural home security. Or to guard power plants, spaceports etc. Escort VIPs on tours from above. Link to ground units enroute.
rocketranger on Sep 27, 07  0 Trends   2,582 Comments 0
helicopters on Feb 26, 09  0 Trends   23 Comments
Sunbather is at 4:46 and it is totally staged. This helicopter concept seems like it would be good for NFL stadium games (cheaper than the blimp). If they can get a better video camera on here with 70x optical zoom with solid image stabilization (like the Panasonic SDR-H80) then the Secret Service and FBI would be interested in this product. Of course you also need a flying time for this helicopter of at least 1 hour to make this feasible for military applications.
helicopters on Feb 26, 09  0 Trends   23 Comments 0


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