Here's one I've been thinking of purchasing. They indicate they will have a 
proximity sensor option in the future:
http://www.ascentaerosystems.com/sprite. Combine it with the live control panel 
and we might just have a 'cave capable' drone for checking out high leads.

Wm

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Mark Minton via Texascavers
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 11:00 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Drones for rigging

  Here is a link to a (no doubt pricey) "collision-proof" drone:
<http://www.flyability.com/>. The cage likely reduces payload for other things, 
but it might at least work with a video camera for recon, even if it couldn't 
do any rigging. Another lightweight option would be to use a drone to simply 
drape a string over a suitable anchor (if one could be found) and use that to 
pull up a rope later. Something similar was done years ago using a helium 
balloon for Top of the Cross in Carlsbad.

Mark

On Sun, September 27, 2015 11:19 pm, Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers wrote:
>
> There are a lot of factors when dealing with obstacles around you 
> while flying.  If I know I'm going to be flying near walls or other 
> things that could interrupt the props, I have prop guards that I can be put 
> on.
>
> I have smacked a canyon wall once, while "ridge walking" using my 
> drone, luckily it survived, even after falling 20 feet and hitting a 
> large rock at the bottom, but I was very lucky and no, didn't have the 
> guards on that time.
>
> Terrain/obstacle avoidance would be a nice feature of a drone, give me 
> sensors to let me know how far away I am on 3 axis and I'd be happy :) 
> Even if it cost a bit of weight and lowered my flight time.
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Mixon Bill via Texascavers 
> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
>
>> You'll notice that the video of using a drone for rigging has nicely 
>> padded walls, presumably to protect the drone. Just yesterday I was 
>> talking to a profession film maker who uses drones on his projects.
>> He said drones and canyons don't go well together, at least not when 
>> the drone is carrying an expensive video camera. I would think trying 
>> fly a drone anywhere near a cave wall would be a big problem. -- 
>> Mixon

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