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And they must have known it was imminent, it seems unlikely they had a drone over it 24/7 given the available hover time.
by yborg 6y ago
And they must have known it was imminent, it seems unlikely they had a drone over it 24/7 given the available hover time.
- luisjv 6y agoThey were doing hourly inspections of the structure ever since the report came out a couple of weeks ago.
- jakub_g 6y agoOn the bottom of the linked page there's a press release from last month: one cable failed in August, then another a few weeks later at 60% of expected of load, and they decided on Nov19 it's unsafe to fix it and it should be decommissionned. https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301674&org=NSF&from=news https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301674&org=NS...
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- usrusr 6y agoFor a use case like this, I'd imagine that tethered multicopters could be a very nice fit. If you can just plug the base station into a power outlet, suddenly 24/7 doesn't seem that crazy. PS: Apparently I'm not alone with this idea, search engine comes up with hits. https://elistair.com/ https://elistair.com/ even have a tether kit you can plug into some DJI models (and others) instead of the conventional battery pack. Out of Lyon, France, nice!
- libria 6y agoBonus, if they tethered it to the suspended receiver, it would automatically follow the action right down to impact, albeit with unpredictable viewing angles.
- TaylorAlexander 6y agoThey could use a spherical/360 camera and correct the viewing angle in post.
- JshWright 6y agoI attended several BLM events this past summer and local law enforcement had a couple tethered drones up in the area.
- sm4rk0 6y agoPlease decide, Lyon or Nice?