A new drone is Teague Volunteer Fire Departments newest purchase.
The drone, a Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual drone, has a 4k camera, a FLIR thermal camera, a spotlight, a speaker, and a beacon.
Teague VFD personnel that have their FAA drone pilot certification will be the only ones to fly the drone. Almost everything is insured. Our life, our houses, our vehicles and many more things which we value. The increase in drones, especially among the civilians has given the need to add drone ratings in the list of insured items. If you are conducting business and earning money using drones, it is a wise idea to get your drone(s) insured. Even if you are not earning money and plan to earn in the future, even then it is a good idea to get insured. This will help you prevent paying out of pocket in the event an accident occurs. Getting drones insured would also be good for your business. Your clients would feel secure and would want to do business with you. This would retain your clients as well as help in bringing new clients. We all know that the applications of drone use have increased vastly from it’s original military use. Now, people are using drones for commercial use as well as individual purposes. In the near future, you will frequently see drones flying above you. With the increase in the number of drones, accidents are bound to happen. They could crash in a building, in another drone or worse, in a plane. The MJX Bugs 3 Quadcopter is a brushless drone made by RCtown. This model has the longest flying time of any other drone on our best drones list today at over 15 minutes. The fun will never end with this drone! The real draw of this drone is it’s lengthy flight time. Without a camera attached, this drone can fly for 18 to 20 minutes. With a camera, it will fly for between 13 and 16 minutes. On top of that, the drone comes with a backup battery. Another nice aspect of this drone is the long range it has. At peak performance, the drone can fly up to 500m. You can reach these distances when in open areas. The transmitter has a feature to indicate when the drone is nearly out of range so you can pull it back. The MJX Bugs 3 has an amazing brushless motor. This prevents excess friction within the parts, helping the motor last longer. Since you may be mounting an expensive camera on this drone, the reliability from the brushless motor is very important. On negative of this particular drone is that there is no included camera. Rather than a camera, this drone sports a camera holder. This is good and bad. You can choose what camera quality you want and attach it to the drone, such as Gopro, but that will be at your own additional expense. If you’re looking for a drone that can fly far and for a long time, this is the right choice. Many beginner drones cannot fly for more than 8 minutes. This drone nearly doubles both flight time and range from other sub-200 models.
Even now, pilots have reported about 25 near misses with drones. If this is the rate now, imagine what future rates will be? Moreover, with the stealth nature of drones, many people might get offended when your drone hovers above their house or their office. They could then slap a lawsuit of invasion of privacy. The American Civil Liberties Union has even asked for rules concerning drone use to prevent the society into becoming a ‘surveillance society’. If this is the level of concern now, imagine what it will be in the future.
This drone will bring an aerial view to a search and rescue missions, size up a fire scene, and more.
They are perfectly willing to share the drone throughout the area as needed.
The Teague VFD seems to be highly excited for this purchase, and the help it can bring to the area.For more
information, call the Teague Fire Station at 254-739-3335.
