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> "I can't imagine power companies would be ok with this. People go to jail for tapping into power lines." Presumably it's the power companies (specifically, t
by Reason077 3y ago
> "I can't imagine power companies would be ok with this. People go to jail for tapping into power lines."
Presumably it's the power companies (specifically, transmission network and distribution network operators) who will be most interested in this. They're increasingly using drones for infrastructure inspection, finding faults, etc.
- avs733 3y ago1000%. Funny enough my engineering capstone tried something very similar but much more stupidly complicated. Do it while flying a parabola with a winged drone. Never got the control system to work…crashed into a lot of local power lines. Our assumed customer was power companies doing inspection.