The conception of dropping sticks of prime dynamite from drone near a ski resort is guaranteed to give any OSHA inspectors second persuasion and a juiceless pen . But view the way thing are currently done , armed flying robots would be a serious guard improvement .
Avalanche control — which , for the most part , means using explosives to safely spark off avalanches when no - one ’s around — is a surprisingly non - technological art . For the most part , it involves ski patroller dropping bombs onto slopes , either by deal or from helicopters .
The more advanced resorts use fancy tricks , like pre - placed gas piping or , uh , military tanks . But as you ’d think , those methods are n’t consummate , since they ’re a ) not compromising , and b ) demand firing heavy ordnance .
Theproposalfrom Mountain Drones is a hatful simpler : use a 35 - lbf. multirotor UAV to drop explosives onto the top of any avalanche - prone incline . It ’s reasonably cheap , safe as long as Skynet continue tamed , and very flexile . The company tell it ’s been demoing its pilotless aircraft to Telluride Ski Patrol , who have been unsurprisingly concerned .
The only real hangup is from the Federal Aviation Administration . Currently , the agency does n’t earmark any variety of drone that throw away a lading ; make that payload primed dynamite , and you have some really nervous administrative official .
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