Remote controlled unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, can offer much more possibilities than you might think.
What are the benefits brought by the use of drones, and at the same time what are the possible dangers, were the topics he covered Igor Delevic in his master's thesis "Challenges of using drones in the airspace of Montenegro".
Delević, who is an aviation officer in the MUP of Montenegro, at the Faculty of Traffic, Communications and Logistics in Budva (FSKL) defended this paper, for which the commission gave him the highest rating, stressing that it can serve as an inspiration for the application of drones in many areas.
"The advantages of using drones are primarily technical, economic, social and ecological, given that their electric drive is an ecological component that is very popular in all areas," Delević said.
"The most interesting areas of application are geodesy, agriculture, inspection of infrastructure facilities, delivery of shipments by drones," he explains. "For example, in forestry, drones can provide precise data for large areas on the number and health of trees, and volumetric calculations of biomass in an area can be made."
The development of drones in the world has gone so far that the transportation of people using this unmanned aircraft has also been carried out experimentally.
"A drone was made in China that transported a man, and that aircraft is the size of a small car"
The current legal legislation that regulates the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in Montenegro is based on a by-law that was adopted in February of this year. Such an act defines operations with unmanned aerial vehicles that have a take-off weight of up to 20 kg, and three categories of areas where operations can be carried out are defined.
"For now, the technology itself and the number of operators are at the initial level, but it is expected that the number of operators will increase day by day and that in due time we will wait for the drone to deliver the shipment to our home address," says Delević.
The emergence of drones, on the other hand, also brings certain dangers such as improper or unprofessional use within legal frameworks, but also illegal use for criminal purposes, says Delević.
"Drones can be used for cross-border smuggling, illegal espionage and illegal disposal of the data collected by drones."
Improper use can also lead to accidents. Namely, drone collisions with other aircraft or people and objects on the ground have occurred all over the world. This was especially pronounced at high-frequency airports.
"One of the most famous cases that the public followed was the close approach of a drone to a plane that was flying on the Geneva-London route, not far from Heathrow Airport."
In the end, Delević says that he is extremely satisfied with the fact that he got his master's degree at FSKL, because the staff at that faculty are extremely professional and provided him with great support during the preparation of his master's thesis.
Revolutionary drones made in Montenegro
The drones that Delević exhibited during the defense of his master's thesis are the work of domestic ingenuity.
"It is about the revolutionary ventures of the M-Code company from Podgorica, which brings together a group of engineers who want to contribute to science and technology development in Montenegro by creating unmanned aerial vehicles that have their own autopilots and software that manages them and collects various data." .
One of these drones is the first experimental aircraft that flew in Montenegro. Due to the advanced software that allows it to perform many different tasks, it is more than a drone, and should deserve the attention of our entire scientific public."
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