Assessment of flight range and transmission of video information when monitoring emergency situations from an unmanned aircraft in difficult meteorological conditions

The purpose of research. Modern unmanned aerial vehicles of various types provide the ability to perform various tasks of operational information collection, monitoring the state of the environment, technological facilities and territories, updating data on these facilities, as well as for reconnaissance and monitoring their condition. The purpose of the study is to establish the maximum flight range and distance necessary for the organization of a communication channel through which the video stream and flight control commands using the KAM-16 Turbo ¾ method will be transmitted between the ground control complex and the unmanned aerial vehicle in a difficult meteorological situation.
Methods are based on the basics of radio electronics, diagnostics and forecasting of the technical condition of aircraft. The methods of multicriteria analysis, parametric and structural synthesis were used. The principles of transmitting video images from drones used to monitor emergency situations were studied. A critical assessment of the maximum flight range of an unmanned aerial vehicle in a difficult meteorological situation was carried out.
Results. Analytical formulas for determining the energy potential of a data transmission channel in line of sight are presented. Graphs of the dependence of the energy reserve in the data transmission channel between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the ground control system are presented, which make it possible to determine the maximum distance for transmitting video images in Full HD quality in the 2.4 GHz band. Calculations were carried out on the basis of complex analytical expressions and graphical dependences of the flight range of a micro UAV on the speed of tailwind and headwind were constructed. The maximum headwind speed is calculated, which does not allow the use of micro UAVs in blizzard conditions.
Conclusion. A promising area of study of the use of UAV in emergency monitoring are micro-class copters capable of detecting victims by transmitting video information from a thermal imager during search and rescue operations in difficult weather conditions, such as snowstorms.

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