Using a drone to lay high power overhead cables

[Hands0n]

Here';s an interesting use of a "heavy lifter" in action

SAG Group and MULTIROTOR by service-drone.com - Renewal of an high-voltage line on Vimeo

All good evidence that the multi-rotor "drone" is here to stay.  The applications appear to be limitless ...

[Oakie]

showing 3 bladed foldables. nice!

[Britishguy]

awesome

[nub]

ach they should have used a mini H.

[nbpicklesno2]

This is just the sort of use that will eventually force (IMHO) the CAA to change it';s commercial uses restrictions in the future.

No direct money was made from this activity, assuming the company flying the drone was the same company carrying out the work.

With the amount of possible uses and with the rate of technological improvements in the electronics, CAA will be under huge pressure to relax and/or justify the current rules from a safety perspective.

Where will we be in ten years from now?

[Andy75]

A good friend has been doing this with gasser heli';s for almost a couple of decades now.  Might be a new application for multi-copters, but certainly not for r/c aircraft :)

[Hands0n]

Thats interesting Andy.  I think that electric multi-rotors with their inherent qualities and FCs will see this kind of application become much more commonplace. 

My electricity area used to use engineers with Longbows to fire the feeder ropes up and over ... Impressive to watch.