a microlight in the air is about as useful as a chocolate te
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:34 pm
Jean Marie How does air deterrent work? 99.8% of poachers go out at night when land is cool. They rarely work at night. So your going to have to fit your machinery with night vision such as IR however as your flying in the sky an noise travels more at night then your not deterring them your just allowing them to watch YOU of which they will then go to other grounds. You need to learn how the poacher works, how he and she acts, what methods they use, people they speak to. A microlight is just as good as a helicopter it "makes noise" only useful in the morning when paroling the higher you go the less you see. If a poaching incident was to take place you then have to call in ground units. This is not Desert Storm, these are sophisticated well armed, intelligent poachers. There are technologies that are being put to the DEA however a microlight in the air is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. I apologise for being rude but we have 10 APU in Africa alone, and microlights are useless. HeliUAV's that emit less noise, can stay on the spot, beam back imagery to you as well as landing on a moving wagon are the best. They can be deployed with a multitude of weaponry, are able to use three alternative fuel cells and recharge. Drop the microlight as it fails. It's good for air surveillance and acting as a day deterrent that is all though.
SWAT PATROL UK Thanks for your comments, I will forward your message to relevant rhino charities here in the UK and the international community.
Remember SWAT is about raising awareness, funds and saving rhinos, i would not want good peoples money keeping helicopters airborne.
Drones are talk about the town at he moment, and who is going to pay for theses ? No technology is proven for anti poaching. Drones in wartime have killed more innocent people 1400 and 11 militants Afghanistan. There are a lot of townships in Kruger! There are 24 hours in a day, if 12 of those daylight hours is being spent safeguarding rhinos with a visual noisily deterrent, then it only leaves another 12 for poachers. The debate goes on Jean...the general public here in the UK are getting bored and fed up with the rhino situation however some people genuinely want to help. SA will never kerb poachers there are too many factors!!! This is why SWAT is a new radical conservation charity , not you liberal typical one. A game reserve i was going to fly for in 2005, due to politics and resources the microlight never got off the ground. At the time this park had 80 rhino toady its down to 8, all lost to poachers, because of people like you!
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SWAT PATROL UK Thanks for your comments, I will forward your message to relevant rhino charities here in the UK and the international community.
Remember SWAT is about raising awareness, funds and saving rhinos, i would not want good peoples money keeping helicopters airborne.
Drones are talk about the town at he moment, and who is going to pay for theses ? No technology is proven for anti poaching. Drones in wartime have killed more innocent people 1400 and 11 militants Afghanistan. There are a lot of townships in Kruger! There are 24 hours in a day, if 12 of those daylight hours is being spent safeguarding rhinos with a visual noisily deterrent, then it only leaves another 12 for poachers. The debate goes on Jean...the general public here in the UK are getting bored and fed up with the rhino situation however some people genuinely want to help. SA will never kerb poachers there are too many factors!!! This is why SWAT is a new radical conservation charity , not you liberal typical one. A game reserve i was going to fly for in 2005, due to politics and resources the microlight never got off the ground. At the time this park had 80 rhino toady its down to 8, all lost to poachers, because of people like you!
http://www.facebook.com/SwatPatrolUk?ref=hl