Float Your Drone To Safety With a Parazero Parachute
When was your last crash, power failure, loss of radio control or perhaps just a moment of distraction that lead to your drone ending up on the ground in a heap of broken propellers and other expensive components? Perhaps that will be the last time you need to suffer through a destructive event like that. Parazero a company that was founded in 2012 by a group of rc flying professionals to address drone safety, has come up with a new drone parachute called the Safeair.
How Does The Drone Parachute Work?
This drone parachute is fitted with a container which holds a parachute that’s effective at extremely low altitudes. It deploys in less than 1 second and therefore can get expanded and have your drone safely floating to the ground quickly.
The fall rate is 6 meters per second which generates a safe landing for your quadcopter. The system works without user intervention, according to Parazero, so it should deploy to protect your equipment without you having to lift a finger.
The system is currently designed around the hobbyist drone sector, SafeAir is to start selling first for the 3DRSolo. However, as we all know the dominating player in the Drone market today is DJI, the company hopes to be expanding its products into protecting your Phantom or Inspire drone soon.
The market for drone safety is huge because in the past few years the general market for drones as a hobby or as a business has been expanding rapidly. The market for commercial/civilian drones will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 19% (businessinsider.com) between 2015 and 2020. Protecting those drones is going to be big business.
The parachute deploying platform can work with small hobby drones, as well as commercial outdoor camera drones weighing up to hundreds of pounds. The CEO of ParaZero, Eden Attias, was quoted as saying “Our system provides a reliable solution for the industry, just like an airbag, that acts automatically, whether there is a critical malfunction or a loss of power. Most importantly, our system works rapidly and at very low altitudes ensuring maximum effectiveness.” (techcrunch)
There are clearly going to be drones flying the friendly skies around the world for a long time to come. The industry is young and growing, ParaZero hopes to be the go to company for securing the safety of those expensive commercial and hobby drones.
This is something that industrial drone users, for example in agriculture and mining or exploration industries are going to be very interested in.
Drones used for commercial purposes such as these can cost anywhere from $20,000 to $150,000. For that amount these parachutes are going to be a safety measure definitely worth investing in.
Kennedy Martinez
kennedy@dronethusiast.comKennedy Martinez is a resident writer who joined Dronethusiast at the beginning of 2019. She has years of experience reviewing drones and other tech products. When it comes to flying drones, Kennedy loves the ability to create artistic videos from a unique point of view. Kennedy enjoys researching new drones and other exciting products that are available to consumers which is why she is committed to creating the best buyer's guides for our readers.
