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Lecture Material: QH-50 Dash

Introduction The Vietnam War started back in 1955. A lot of efforts were used to keep the communist portion of Vietnam at bay, but it proved to not be beneficial by the United States. During that time period, the United States struggle with jungle warfare and even instances in the ocean. At the time, the Soviet Union was still at large and there was the looming threat of submarines armed with nuclear weaponry. To try and counteract this potential threat, the U.S. developed the QH-50 Dash. It was the first unmanned rotorcraft. Figure 1 shows an image of the rotorcraft. Figure 1: Above is the QH-50 Dash equipped with a missile. Methods The main purpose of the rotorcraft was for anti-submarine patrols since it could be equipped with two missiles or a nuclear depth bomb. It was used to alleviate the need for pilots and to create a method of patrolling without the need of the person directly on the rotorcraft controlling it. Along with that, the aircraft was also smaller in

AT 209 Lab 12: Loc8

Introduction Search and rescues are not a new concept. When a person is reported missing, search teams analyze the area and conduct the search. There are many ways to going about a search; to name the methods: containment, hasty, grid, choke point, and track trap. In all of the methods, with the exception of hasty, they are all time consuming. The time-consuming methods all take great deals of planning to coordinate the teams and to also organize volunteers into the teams and as support staff. By the time search teams are deployed, the missing person can be up to miles away from the area that was planned to be searched. In Lab 12, planning software for search and rescues was used. Loc8 is the name of the software. It is currently in a beta stage, but the main purpose is to use a predetermined RGB value and to find that color within a mass amount of pictures. For example, if a victim that was reported missing was last seen wearing blue jeans, Loc8 can use an RGB value of the pant

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