Learn which drone from The Commercial UAV Show 2016 holds the most potential for search and rescue.

Learn which drone from The Commercial UAV Show 2016 holds the most potential for search and rescue.
Learn about the top 5 drones for search and rescue from The Commercial UAV Show 2016.
Perhaps you attended the show as a SAR professional but missed out on vital information due to convoluted “tech terms” being thrown at you. Hence, this blog post has been written with the express aim of bringing clarity to the bombardment of technical drone language used throughout the presentations, display stands, and – no doubt – the endless stack of UAV literature that was handed to you.
Learn how a consumer drone – such as the DJI Phantom3 Advanced – could potentially detect persons in the water better than the search and rescue helicopters can.
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The development of any new technology inevitably brings with it several limitations, it is important for the response community to be aware of said drawbacks in order to plan for the use of UAVs effectively.