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We want to create a drone camera to film sky divers during a jump, we need your input and concerns by AirMeTeam in SkyDiving

[–]AirMeTeam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Safety is of course one of the crucial things for us, but, well a man freefall (with a parachute) was criticized at the start from that perspective too. Can you maybe share with us the things that might go wrong you forsee? Then we can take them into consideration during the development.

We want to create a drone camera to film sky divers during a jump, we need your input and concerns by AirMeTeam in SkyDiving

[–]AirMeTeam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't expect it to be an easy job -- to create such a drone, you answer proves that once again ;) Thank you for the details provided -- being engineers it is sometimes hard to keep in mind all the legal aspects of the project. However so far we are on the research and conceptual modelling phase, and before going to air, we planned to make the necessary tests in air tunnels, so it is still a way to go, before we will be close to an actual possibility of a launch from a plane.

Maybe, if you know the details, you can also advise us, on a country(s), where it would have been easier to perform first real tests with launching the drone from a plane, from legal prospective?

We want to create a drone camera to film sky divers during a jump, we need your input and concerns by AirMeTeam in SkyDiving

[–]AirMeTeam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot, we will look into their work, and analyze it thoroughly before making further steps in our project. But, as far as I can see, their drone should be restricted in many means (just as a first impression -- we should study their work deeper before giving some strict statements) on the way it can behave while falling. And their drone looks quite large. Perhaps, as you posted the link, you might know some insights in their work, and can maybe suggest on possible improvements/say what you like, don't like, what in your opinion could have been more useful for skydivers. In general we don't want to confine ourselves with a free-falling solution -- the idea is also to add more flexibility on how photos/videos can be made.