| A proposal has been put forth to build a small | | | | built for Navy Ship Rescue or downed pilot, or |
| floatable UAV Unmanned Aerical Vehicle concept to | | | | multiple victims in floods. A very small will be built for |
| save drowning victims. The FFD - Flying Flotation | | | | the beach rescue, which would be low-cost as to not |
| Device as we call it, would be flown out to those in | | | | over burden city lifeguard budgets.It would not be a |
| need and they would use it as a way to keep from | | | | bad idea for Navy Seal Extraction not a bad idea |
| drowning until rescue personnel could come and help | | | | either, these things fly to the beach, the Navy Seal |
| them.So far we have put a model together puffy | | | | folds the wings back and now it is a water propulsion |
| design with model airplane engine to see how steer | | | | device? Many thoughts and endless applications really, |
| able it is, the aerodynamic issues appear to be the | | | | some might say even another component in the |
| easiest part and not a problem. All the other | | | | net-centric battlespace. But the commercial |
| components are available, GPS, servos, chip, canister | | | | applications as well are completely endless. We have |
| inflation used on Navy Seal rafts once it gets | | | | been getting some flack from the flotation industry, |
| there.We have even gone so far as to design a | | | | they do not like it, as they feel threatened? Not our |
| pusher version, which can work in the water and the | | | | problem, it is potentially a much better mousetrap.In |
| victim can use it to get back to shore, by holding a | | | | the future we will no doubtedly see these FFDs |
| big red button. We will need larger propeller but that | | | | saving the lives of drowning victims, as it is a killer |
| is about it really. The victims could simply use it to go | | | | application for small scale lightweight, cheap to build |
| about 1/2 mile in the water before battery was | | | | and easy to fly Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technologies. |
| caput. Would like to base it on the design of the | | | | Think on this.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank |
| Skylark UAV survelliance plane, but with folding wings | | | | forum board. |
| and scalable, for multiple uses.A big version could be | | | | |