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Power Company Sends Fire-Spewing Drone to Burn Trash Off High-Voltage Wires

posted by on Wednesday February 22 2017, @06:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the new-from-Ronco:-why-rake-leaves-when-you-can-incinerate-them? dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

A power company has created a drone that blasts fire at power lines to get rid of rubbish. The method is being used in Xiangyang, China, using a DJI S1000+ model which costs £1,500 alone without the addition of a fire stick. It carries a weight of 11 kilos, and is guided by a man in a hard hat using a £440 Futaba 14SG 14-channel radio controller.

A video shows the tool being used in a testing capacity, replacing a job once delegated to humans on cherrypicker vehicles.

[Ed. Note: the video is on the source article page.]

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/incredible-flying-flamethrower-drones-burn-9847548

Americans do stupid (or is that awesome) things like this too.

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