Gamingdeputy reported on June 5 that Gamingdeputy learned from DJI's official website that the well-known Chinese drone company Shenzhen DJI Innovations Technology Co., Ltd. announced today that it has recently conducted the first high-altitude drone transportation test on the south slope of Mount Everest. This is also the world's first round-trip transportation test of a civilian transport drone on a route between 5,300 and 6,000 meters above sea level, setting a record for the highest transportation of civilian drones.
According to DJI, the DJI transport drone test team conducted a week-long drone high-altitude flight and transportation capability test at the base camp on the south slope of Mount Everest at an altitude of 5,364 meters and above from April 25 to May 1, effectively verifying the drone's high-altitude adaptability for hovering, empty flight, and cargo flight.At the same time, it set a record for the highest flight altitude of 6191.8 meters for a civilian transport UAV, and a round-trip transport record of 6000 meters at an altitude and a load of 15 kg.The team “built” a drone transport route between the base camp on the south slope of Mount Everest and Camp 1, transporting oxygen cylinders upward and garbage downward.
It has been verified that when the temperature is minus 5℃ and the wind speed reaches 15 meters per second (equivalent to level 7 wind force), the FC30 can fly stably at an altitude of about 6,000 meters without any modification, and has a load-bearing capacity of 15KG; in a transport mission with a load of 15 kg, a route length of 2.7 kilometers, and an altitude of 700 meters, there is still 43% of power left after a round-trip transport, and the power margin is still more than 20% under extreme climbing conditions. The power system performs stably and there is still room for the ceiling.
It is reported that,This is also the world's first drone transportation test completed in a natural environment at an altitude of 6,000 meters and under real mountaineering conditions.The test was initiated by DJI, with the assistance of Nepali drone operator Airlift, domestic professional imaging team 8KRAW and Imagine Nepal Mountaineering Company. After solving a series of problems such as flight permission, equipment transportation, and route planning, the transportation test was successfully completed.
It is reported that after the successful test, the local drone operating company in Nepal started the regular transportation project of drones in the Everest area on May 22, mainly including cleaning up the residual garbage on the south slope of Everest. “This means that in the near future, drones can deliver equipment to Camp 1 day and night, and drones can also be used to transport the remaining garbage and excrement from the camp. We don't have to cross the glacier frequently at night, and it will save more lives.” Nepalese mountaineering guide Mingma Sherpa said.
The Khumbu Glacier on the route from the base camp to Camp 1 on the south slope of Mount Everest is the first major obstacle for climbing the south slope, and it is also one of the most complex and dangerous areas for climbing on the south slope. Mingma said that the Khumbu Glacier area is complex, with crisscrossing ice cracks. A Sherpa guide may need to cross the Khumbu Glacier more than 30 times in a climbing season to transport oxygen cylinders, gas tanks, tents, food, ropes and other supplies. Although the Mount Everest area already supports helicopter transportation, there are often situations such as untimely dispatch, inability to fly, inability to land, etc., and the cost is high.
Zhang Xiaonan, senior corporate strategy director and spokesperson of DJI, said, “Today is World Environment Day. We hope that drones can not only provide material transportation guarantee for commercial mountaineering and reduce accidents, but also reduce the damage to the environment caused by mountaineering activities and protect Mount Everest and the natural environment through the solution of drone garbage removal.”
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