Quads on BBC Countryfile

[eyeflying]

Did anyone see the interesting (but very brief article) on Countryfile (Sunday 13th Jan) showing how Staffordshire Police are using Quadcopters to search for Deer poachers on Cannock Chase?

I watched it again on iPlayer and tried to work out what they were using but the shots were too dark - looked like some sort of custom job though with bespoke Ground Station software

[Ross]

Some of these Police forces using these are paying (or I should say, the Council Tax payer is paying ) up  £10k  each for the "Pr"o gear that has mushroomed on the back of  FPV !!

[Jumpy07]

At 10min 46 sec

BBC iPlayer - Countryfile: 13/01/2013

[QuadBod]

I watched it again on iPlayer and tried to work out what they were using but the shots were too dark - looked like some sort of custom job though with bespoke Ground Station software

I believe it';s this:

http://www.airrobot.de/index.php/products-28.html
http://www.airrobot-uk.com/air-robot-products.htm

Supplied by:

http://www.microdrones.co.uk/emergency-services-uav-uas.html

Claims >25min flight times - it does look pretty light - too light, those arms barely look thick enough to hold the motors, but then I guess they';re not doing flips!