This spring, a Chinese company DJI conducted field tests of the first cargo drone – FlyCart 30 — in the harsh conditions of the highlands. The drone lifted the cargo to an altitude of more than 6,000 meters in strong wind and frost conditions. The application of such tools in climbing practice will help reduce risks and increase the survival rate of both tourists and guides.
Company DJI introduced a new product in January of this year. flying eye FlyCart 30 It can carry up to 40 kg by air up to 8 km, and up to 30 kg by air up to 16 km. The maximum flight speed reaches 72 km/h. Declared ceiling height is 6000 m code excluding payload. During tests on Everest, the FlyCart 30 drone proved that it could do more.
The cargo in the form of an oxygen cylinder weighing 15 kg was lifted by drone to a point 1700 m higher than the South Base Camp level (5364 m). After the ascent, 43% of the charge remained in the batteries. This made it possible to return base camp garbage and waste of the same weight.
Meanwhile, the garbage problem is as serious a problem as human survival on Everest. Every year, thousands of climbers charge the mountain, each leaving up to 10 kg of garbage and waste, including household waste, on the route. At least 140 tons of such waste have accumulated on the mountain for 70 years. They are removed only in critical situations and endangering life. Drones can change this by providing safe debris removal and delivery to endangered camps and climbers.
Communication with a drone can be unstable in mountain conditions. The DJI team experienced exactly this. Places for hanging and lifting loads had to be carefully selected, and as a rule they were all outside the camps. Additionally, the drone remained high in the air. It is equipped with a winch and a flight stabilization system with suspended payload. In general, tests showed that the FlyCart 30 drone and its analogues will be in demand not only in the field of mountaineering. This machine has been tested in plantation fields in Japan, extinguished fires in the mountainous regions of Norway, worked in Antarctica and helped install solar panels in Mexico.
Source: Port Altele
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