A team made up of several researchers from the Transport Canada Innovation Center began carrying out various flight tests with a drone that can carry a payload of more than 7 kg. These flight tests were performed in the skies of Labrador City. Location for the tests was chosen based on the very cold temperatures that are predominant in that region at this time of year.
This prototype is being tested with the objective of using it to make deliveries in remote territories that are almost inaccessible otherwise; territories that are not accessible by road, for example.
The tests carried out consisted of dropping precision parachutes from a drone. Transport Canada specialists have also verified the capabilities of the drone for search and rescue. They carried out training for the use of the drone for emergency deliveries of food or medicine in very isolated areas, such as hunting camps.
The results of the tests carried out will help the team of five researchers to guide the changes to the next generation of the prototype.
We can't wait for such drones to be able to carry out missions of this type, because this will ensure that the costs for transport to remote areas will be considerably reduced and above all, it will cause much less pollution, since there will be almost no longer necessary to use helicopters for such missions!
Sources :
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1965334/drone-poste-test-cote-nord
