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Fighting Fire with Drones – Aerones Firefighting Drone In Action

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A Latvian based drone company called Aerones created a firefighter drone that can fly up 984 feet within six minutes, making it ideal for combating burning buildings. In this experiment, the “Aerones” drone was tested to fight possible fire accidents.

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The results proved that it is able to reach heights exceeding those of firefighter truck ladders, while the drone also has the capability to operate in hard to reach and dangerous spots.

This drone has 28 motors and 16 batteries, with 145 kg of lifting power they can work up to 30 min depending on weather conditions.

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It takes 15 min to change batteries, while a full charge can be reached in approximately 90 min. Aerones believes its drone can revolutionize this process, lowering costs by improving efficiency, and eliminating the risk to humans.

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