To monitor compliance with the regime of isolation of the residents of Moscow and Moscow region Regardie started to use drones. How does this modern gadget in real life, was seen by many — with their help, I do weddings and prom, the broadcasters use them for shooting from the height of bird flight. But the subtlety of the use of drones by the security forces so far – a mystery. “MK” found in Regardie operator of an unmanned flying vehicle (UAV), which told a lot of interesting nuances.
joined by the operator of the UAV recently. According to him, in the Moscow region Regardie launches UAV over forested areas, rivers, ponds and lakes, and also over the fields, meadows and stadiums where normally people like to relax by companies or families.
are monitoring these locations, video and photography comes to mobile surveillance station, where sits the crew of the drone — two persons, — tells the operator. – They review the information, and the detection of offenders provide to the patrols of Regardie.
What is mobile surveillance station?
– something like you might see in a modern detectives. This is a car stuffed with equipment. This machine is moved to the area for which you want to monitor.
How it all works?
– In the car there are several types of cameras. First, it is a camera of their own safety, they monitor what is happening around the station. Secondly, there are cameras “Central zone” — they look at what is happening within a radius of half a kilometer. Finally, there are video cameras having a 30-fold increase, which track “far zone”. Also, the station is equipped with camera night surveillance, thermal imaging and radio beacon, which receives the whole video stream.
– How do you control drones? This can be compared to control flying toys on the remotes?
No, the devices you are talking about, usually controlled by a joystick with four buttons. And we don’t use joysticks. Control the drones with the help of special software.
– What is it?
to put it more simply — it’s a laptop, which is a special program and there are maps.
– What happens if the camera of the drone detect violators?
– sent operators to patrols by radio. Also, we pass the coordinates of the violators and manage them further observation that in case of need it was possible to specify their location. These coordinates comes a detachment of Regardie is already in place and understands the situation. Also, information obtained with UAVs, in real timenor transmitted to other control points.
At what distance from the operator can fly the drone?
– At a distance of 5 kilometers.
it happens to see people’s faces?
Camera allow not only to count the number of people and to see their faces, but to capture car license plates.
– the Person who fixes the camera and then get into some kind of database?
No, the person we are in any database is not collected.
how high is able to rise and fall the drone?
– the Height of flight of the kopter can be from 10 meters to 1 km from the surface of the earth. But is usually low, we did not drop, he works at a height of 50-60 meters. From this distance, all very well seen, and, if necessary, the image can be approximated.
– How do people react seeing a drone? Don’t get scared? Not trying to shoot it down?
– Attempts to shoot down was never. In General, people react to his appearance in a positive way. As a rule, are shooting it on camera phones, some even start to dance.
– That is how the guards not react to it?
– Why? Some groups, seeing the UAV immediately change their plans to leave from the Park or from the lake.
how many hours of work calculated at the drone? How is it charging?
– on average, the flight is half an hour, but it’s enough to accomplish the task. When it comes to this time, we return the copter to the station, replace the battery and again let go to work. And while some use batteries, others charged.
Sometimes that equipment fails?
I do not know of such cases — the equipment is all new and works reliably.
is it Hard to control the drone? How many need to learn this?
– operator Training takes about a month.
– He was originally supposed to have some special knowledge?
– No, nothing – in principle, that any person to learn. You need to be a confident computer user, else I’ll teach.
