Surely for many users the MikroKopter or any quadrocopter is first and foremost a hightech way to have a lot of fun, for flying it can release quite a bit or endorphine and adrenaline. But there are some serious use cases as well. Feel free to contribute to this list.

Aerial photography and video

• A quadrocopter can be used as a cheap and safe tool to create aerial images and video footage for many purposes, e.g.
• airshots of archaeological sites
• Images/Videos for mapping applications like Google Earth or Maps

• actual event footage from for online video services like YouTube

• roof inspection

• shoot textures for 3D surfaces (positioning of the camera is already available on the FlightCtrl of the MikroKopter)

  Suitable digital cameras weigh about 200 grams. The FlightCtrl of the MikroKopter provides the control of a camera tilt servo to provide a stable Image.

Flying Measurement Platform

• radiation (no pilot on-board - so we can fly in areas unsafe for humans)
• chemical contamination
• air pollution
• create 3D meshes from data mined with the quadrocopter

Independend Emergency Support

• In case of any natural or technical disaster that makes areas hard to access due to contamination or flooding, the quadrocopter like any video drone can be used as an aerial reconnaissance vehicle to help find victims and to coordinate rescue activity.
• Small payloads of about 500g (food, medicine...) can be transfered to people that can't be accessed directly and a manned helicopter would be too dangerous to use.
• The quadrocopter can provide a mobile wireless access point of long range, ideally two of these would be needed to provide continous service (due to battery changes)

Bridge building

• To setup suspension bridges e.g. over flooded rivers or canyons, one needs a thin line first to span the river that can be used to pull over the stronger bridge wires or ropes. The quadrocopter can be used to carry that first line over the river or canyon.

Information campaigns

• When the usual information channels are not available, the quadrocopter can be used to spread important announcements to the population. For instance, "Do not drink water from the river - you will get sick!". Just load the quadrocopter with as many leaflets as it can carry, drop them and the wind will do the rest.

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