Oregon Studies Yamaha Uncrewed Helicopter for Wildfire Mitigation

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Originally published at: Oregon Studies Yamaha Uncrewed Helicopter for Wildfire Mitigation - AVweb

State explores use of Yamaha FAZER SAR unmanned helicopter to support rapid-response operations.

[N3GXQ (John Beatty)]

I’m curious as to the “search and rescue” terminology. At a 150# payload, you won’t rescue much. It could deliver 18 gallons of water.

[Bob3 (Bob)]

A picture of the Yamaha FAZER SAR would be more appropriate than that of Mount Hood from a manned helicopter. The subject of the article is the use of an unmanned helicopter for SAR applications.