Eric: Minor Clarification

2020-03-17T14:23:05Z

Minor Clarification

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	*This is a company which does work in rural africa (Originally Rwanda, now also in Ghana) essentially providing medical logistics such as delivery of blood or medicine where it was near impossible before		*This is a company which does work in rural africa (Originally Rwanda, now also in Ghana) essentially providing medical logistics such as delivery of blood or medicine where it was near impossible before
	*Utilizes probably one of the best civilian Fixed Wing Drone designs which:		*Utilizes probably one of the best civilian Fixed Wing Drone designs which:
	**Is modular allowing saving of time on assembly, maitnence, and with the gps being ~~seperate~~ the gps sync is already done (in the medical ~~feild~~ this can be lifesaving time)		**Is modular allowing saving of time on assembly, maitnence, and with the gps being in the brains/battery unit the gps sync is already done as it is left plugged in and powered on beforehand (in the medical field this can be lifesaving time)
	**Has redundancy for most, if not all parts (two propulsion motors, only uses one, etc)		**Has redundancy for most, if not all parts (two propulsion motors, only uses one, etc)
	**Has an emergency parachute for landing safely during errors if even the redundancy fails		**Has an emergency parachute for landing safely during errors if even the redundancy fails

Eric: Created Page + Added Basic Sections/Info

2020-03-17T14:21:51Z

Created Page + Added Basic Sections/Info

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=Basics=
*This is a company which does work in rural africa (Originally Rwanda, now also in Ghana) essentially providing medical logistics such as delivery of blood or medicine where it was near impossible before
*Utilizes probably one of the best civilian Fixed Wing Drone designs which:
**Is modular allowing saving of time on assembly, maitnence, and with the gps being seperate the gps sync is already done (in the medical feild this can be lifesaving time)
**Has redundancy for most, if not all parts (two propulsion motors, only uses one, etc)
**Has an emergency parachute for landing safely during errors if even the redundancy fails
**Launches via aircraft catapult, lands via arresting wire, so doesn't require skilled take off, or landing
**The drone has a real world range of 160 km (99 mi) round trip and carries up to 1.75 kilograms of cargo

=See Also=
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=Useful Links=
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipline_(drone_delivery) The Wikipedia Page on Zipline]
*[https://flyzipline.com/ Their Website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbRVNxL44c A Youtube Video on The Project]

Zipline (Drone Delivery Service) - Revision history

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