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Last evening a 74 year old man went missing here in SW Wyoming while out hunting elk alone. His pickup became hopelessly stuck but instead of putting his energy into getting it out and staying with it for warmth and shelter while awaiting help he took off. Number one DO NOT DO THIS EVER unless it's life or death to do it. Had he stayed with the pickup he would have been home with his family last night as they have found the pickup and some foot prints.
Anyhow my first thought was to offer my assistance to go fly the drone to search a huge area fast! I have 3 batteries and a power inverter so I can charge batteries in the field. Even with limited (just under 2 mile) range I could be transported by motorcycle or 4 wheeler to further destinations to search. I immediately called the sheriffs office to offer my help but the life flight helicopter offered to search for them this morning, which takes drones in the air out of the picture! I'm probably going to sell my Karma very soon and upgrade to DJI because of much greater capabilities (especially the longer flight time and over 4 mile range and being able to use my Apple pro tablet as a monitor on the controller) but I'm thinking that I should join the search and rescue folks here as being a drone pilot/owner could help save lives aside of being great fun flying around taking video's.
I just heard Life Flight come over my house flying into the hospital and it's 9:20 in the morning so hopefully they have found him. Pray for good news! I will update if I hear anything or the sheriffs office asks for my assistance. I decided to write this in hopes of possibly gaining interest in you other drone pilots that we could all offer our assistance in our home areas to help possibly save lives with our amazing drones!
Anyhow my first thought was to offer my assistance to go fly the drone to search a huge area fast! I have 3 batteries and a power inverter so I can charge batteries in the field. Even with limited (just under 2 mile) range I could be transported by motorcycle or 4 wheeler to further destinations to search. I immediately called the sheriffs office to offer my help but the life flight helicopter offered to search for them this morning, which takes drones in the air out of the picture! I'm probably going to sell my Karma very soon and upgrade to DJI because of much greater capabilities (especially the longer flight time and over 4 mile range and being able to use my Apple pro tablet as a monitor on the controller) but I'm thinking that I should join the search and rescue folks here as being a drone pilot/owner could help save lives aside of being great fun flying around taking video's.
I just heard Life Flight come over my house flying into the hospital and it's 9:20 in the morning so hopefully they have found him. Pray for good news! I will update if I hear anything or the sheriffs office asks for my assistance. I decided to write this in hopes of possibly gaining interest in you other drone pilots that we could all offer our assistance in our home areas to help possibly save lives with our amazing drones!