How ParaZero SafeAir Pyrotechnic Parachute Recovery Solution protects people from falling Drones

Finally somebody though of this; a parachute for Drones!

ParaZero, a start-up specializes in developing protection systems for drones, has developed the SafeAir, a parachute fro drones as reported in “Watch a parachute rescue a drone in free fall”, published May 9 2016 by Jon Fingas, Engadget. 

Here's the video showing how the SafeAir, which is short for SafeAir Pyrotechnic Parachute Recovery Solution, works.

The SafeAir is attached to the underside of your drone as noted in “Save your drone from an expensive fall with this mini parachute”, published May 6, 2016 by James Vincent, The Verge.

It automatically deploys when the devices built in modular SoC (System on a Chip) microntroller, which has a processor, memory store and accelerometer, detects that the engine has stopped making noise and the drone is in freefall

The SafeAir works with all size drones, from 2 Kg to 330 kg as show on their website

 

ParaZero isn't perfect, it really slows down the drone after deployment to around a velocity of 3 m/s to 6 m/s, even at low altitudes. The result of months of previous research going back as far as March 2015, this isn’t much progress as 6 m/s is still pretty fast and will hurt anyone it lands on.

Also, the SafeAir adds a little bulk to the drone which will impact on the battery life. No cost is shown on the ParaZero website, but hopefully it'll cost a lot less than the drone and allow you to recover your precious unscathed.

Here’s the link:

ParaZero