A Chinese earthquake rescue team deployed drones to light up the night and aid search and rescue operations after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar.

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[u/DeathByPetrichor]

That’s… freaking brilliant. Why has this not been done before? Tethered drone seems like a fantastic idea for increased flight duration for security or time lapses

[u/_stonedspiritv2 → u/DeathByPetrichor]

It's being used in wars right now since the signal can't be jammed. Fiber optics tethered drones.

[u/MajesticBread9147 → u/_stonedspiritv2]

I mean we've had wire guided missiles since the 20th century.

[u/andthatswhyIdidit → u/MajesticBread9147]

Actually, this goes back to the 19th century(torpedoes, in this case).

• great video by Steve Mould explaining the principle.

[u/Previous_Composer934 → u/andthatswhyIdidit]

this shows how it works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQJCOnyUvfU

[u/andthatswhyIdidit → u/Previous_Composer934]

marvelous!

[u/Informal_Bunch_2737 → u/andthatswhyIdidit]

The modern mk48 has a range of 38km/24mi.

Thats a long cable.