NHS Delivery Drones Take Flight
Guy’s and St Thomas’ in London are now using drones to move blood samples between their two hospital labs, cutting a journey that took over half an hour by road down to under two minutes. It’s cheaper to run, cuts emissions by a large margin compared to non-electric vehicles, and avoids London’s usual congestion. The whole thing is a six month trial under CAA and NATS oversight, with the hope it becomes a model for wider NHS use if it goes well.
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Emergency Quadrotor
My UAV needs to be quite big to stabley carry a payload of 1-2Kg. This thing weighs 8-10Kg and can carry another 4-6Kg!
Whoop Whoop, Sound of the Police
Merseyside Police recently had their surveillance drone grounded by the CAA when they failed to apply for a licence after recent law changes regarding UAVs. Good to see they are aware of the law that they are enforcing!
Anyway these rules have been extended. Previously UAVs of less than 7Kg were not covered but now they require permission to fly within 50m of people and 150m of buildings. This may well apply to the UAV that I am planning to build.