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CHThis looks high-tech — and it is — but the method is surprisingly simple.
In winter, snow and ice can build up on high-voltage power lines. That extra weight puts huge pressure on the cables and towers — and if it gets bad enough, lines can snap or cause power outages for entire regions.
So crews in China are using drones to do something surprisingly simple: Using drones to clear ice off high-voltage power cables. The drone doesn’t spray anything or melt the ice.
It carries a 23kg metal rod😂😂
The drone flies along the cable and literally hits it, knocking the snow and ice straight off so it falls to the ground. No climbing towers. No workers hanging in freezing wind. Just physics doing its thing.
It’s a little brutal. Very effective.
And honestly… kind of satisfying to watch 💁🏻♀️❄️This is what “good use of drones” actually looks like.
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