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J77
 


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Pollski wrote:
would love to love one but keep on going to the D5 'faults and fixes' page .... Shocked


D3/4 has a faults and fixes page as well Whistle
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Moo wrote:
It’s just a PR stunt.


Our local Lowland SAR offer other 999 services a dedicated drone team for people searches and other incidents

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J77 wrote:
Pollski wrote:
would love to love one but keep on going to the D5 'faults and fixes' page .... Shocked


D3/4 has a faults and fixes page as well Whistle


I know J77 ... but the faults are quite naughty and not being treated accordingly. Mind you, we are talking about LR ...

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Just saw that David Beckham was at the Paris Car show promoting the new Vinfast (a Vietnamese motor company). A bit of a scale down from his wife furnishing the Ewokes all those years ago.

Which leads me to the Defender ... is it at the show I wonder ?????
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The special Discovery will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, after which it will go into service at the Austrian Red Cross.

The Land Rover Discovery features state-of-the-art communications equipment, including an eight-engine drone on board. Your thermal imaging camera can locate people and vehicles even at a distance of one kilometer up to a distance of 440 meters.

The model also includes four radio antennas, 360-degree lighting and a specially designed carbon fiber command unit in the cargo compartment.

The new Land Rover Discovery for the Red Cross is based on the study "Project Hero" presented in March 2017 . Land Rover Special Vehicles and the Austrian Red Cross have developed it into a ready-to-use vehicle in an 18-month cooperation.
  
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I think they mean eight motors, not engines. The trouble with drones is that they still have relatively short flying times, but without a doubt one equipped with TI must be great. A mate has a pulsar TI scope and it is fantastic, but very expensive!
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That is translated from an Austrian motoring site so they could be forgiven for meaning motors perhaps. Surrey SAR have been called out about 3 times a week solely for drone work at incidents so I can see the attraction for covering large areas ..but you are right about power ...plenty of back up batteries required Smile
  
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Pollski wrote:
J77 wrote:
Pollski wrote:
would love to love one but keep on going to the D5 'faults and fixes' page .... Shocked


D3/4 has a faults and fixes page as well Whistle


I know J77 ... but the faults are quite naughty and not being treated accordingly. Mind you, we are talking about LR ...


As I said Laughing
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Pelyma wrote:
I think they mean eight motors, not engines. The trouble with drones is that they still have relatively short flying times, but without a doubt one equipped with TI must be great. A mate has a pulsar TI scope and it is fantastic, but very expensive!


That drone will have about a 30min flight time I would have thought. Decent enough for some SAR. Battery. Change will take a couple of mins
 

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SWMBO works for British Red Cross in transport......... must see if she can get one! Very Happy

Sadly I don't think so, last BRC LR they acquired (a Defender 110) got its bonnet stolen (scum!!!) Evil or Very Mad
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Most of the big advances will come as the drones/ TI cameras get smaller. Using big cumbersome drones is just self defeating... you're carrying a big heavy battery so that you can carry a big heavy battery, and getting about 15 minutes flight time!

Looks good on LR's promotional videos though! Rolling Eyes
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It’s a bit silly.

TBH, to believe that the D5 could have a real working life, I’d have to see photos or videos posted by users like AndrewS (I don’t know him; I know people on here who know him; I know he uses his LRs for real work).

The D5 moved the Discovery into a new space, a new family, albeit a market that JLR thought the D3/4 covered quite well. The D3/4 successor will be the new Defender. The old Defender will not be replaced. All IMHO.
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It's hardly silly ...when it will be going into active SAR service Confused ...other Mountain SAR in Austria also seem to like the D5 Whistle

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Oh look ....more PR Rolling Eyes Whistle

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Very good of Ross Kemp to get involved in SAR
 

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The Highways agency also find the D5 a good work tool.
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