Drone popularity is increasing with more advances in technology. The smallest drone today is the size of a deck of cards, according to Logan Noess, owner of Vertex Unmanned Solutions. It’s the DGI Maverick Mini, popular with drone-racers. The biggest drone? Several models can locate a drowning person in a lake and lift them to safety with a capacity of up to 500 pounds.
Woodbury to join cities flying drones The eyes-in-the-sky are increasingly popular among law enforcement. December 31, 2020 7:47pm Text size Copy shortlink:
In a few weeks, the city of Woodbury will lay out its plans at a City Council meeting to buy and fly a drone for police and other purposes, hoping to join a growing number of municipalities that rely on drones.
If it once seemed excessive or futuristic for a suburb to fly its own unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), that notion is quickly fading.
A number of Minnesota cities and counties now have drones that not only feed live video back to their controllers, but also use heat-seeking cameras, bright spotlights and speakers to search for people or carry out other missions. Some carry payloads, from handwritten messages to life jackets.