Civilian use of drones in the life of mining rescue helicopters

Abstract

Explosive development of technology and software has enabled the improvements and the spread of civilian uses of drones as well. This area was unknown until 2000, these devices are affordable and available to buy and build for anyone now. Not only hobby pilots, the film industry and commerce benefit from the spread of drones, they can also be used for cartographic and architectural purposes as well as disaster response completing preventive and post tasks. [1]. Among the organizations with public service missions in disaster management there are several possibilities of use, where the task-specific drone fulfils a given specialized task. Besides the customary camera ensuring high-resolution live images, there are also sensors and measurement tools on board. The improvements of these tools has sped up as well. Radiometers were introduced in 2011 for the first time at Fukushima nuclear power plant after the tsunami, but it has been basic sensor in a similar situation since then. [2]. Increasing number of tasks and opportunities and the limited resources urge the manufacturers to spend more time on development of necessary components for the operation (battery, control electronics, materials used) by so doing they may increase their application. In our study we present the application opportunities for a civilian drone. With particular attention to navigation side, we analyze them from the open-pit mine disaster point of view. The aim of our study how the examined and compared parameters such as flight operational time, the distance, the working load can help the prevention of the disaster or speed up the rescue operation. In order to do this, we examine the market leader drone company's newest product. Afterwards, we compare it to a rescue helicopter applied in open-pit operations mine. Our aim is to draw attention of those who work in heavy industry especially those who work in danger to the usefulness of drones helping to secure life.