Drone, Manufactured By Corps Member, Deployed In NYSC Camp

(photo: Olaolu Ayoola, displaying the drone he built.)

Osun State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Titi Laoye-Tomori, watched in
admiration how a drone built by a corps member posted to Osun State
took off and carried out surveillance of the parade ground at the
Permanent Orientation Camp of the National Youth Service Corps on
Monday.

The corps member, Olaolu Ayoola, a graduate of Computer
Science/Engineering of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,
Ogbomoso, stole the show with his invention during the closing
ceremony of the orientation course for the 2014 batch 'C' of corps
members deployed in the state.

The drone, which soldiers and other security agents present at the
event, described as a good invention, flew for about 10 minutes before
it landed.

The device is fixed with surveillance camera, and can stay in the air
for 20 minutes and is capable of flying up for 500 meters.

The device with remote control has 2.4G radio transmitter and carried
out live recording of the event which was monitored on a black berry
phone.

Ayoola told Punch correspondent in an interview that his love for
aeronautics drove him into engaging in the device.

Apart for military use, Ayoola said that the drone could also be used
by politicians to hoist their flags and could also be used to monitor
activities on large farms.

He said, "This type of drone, if fully developed, could be used by
farmers. You can deploy it to fly round a farm of about 20 hectares
and you will monitor what is going on on the farm right from where the
remote control is.

"It can be used to monitor traffic situation and in case of flooding,
the drone can monitor the area.

"I spent over N20,000.00 to build this but I can do something with a
bigger capacity and which will stay for more hours in the air if fund
is available."

The deputy governor who said she was impressed with the drone said the
corps member should assembly youths anywhere he was posted to serve
and teach them how to do this kind of invention.

The State Coordinator, Mr. Abada Okpiroro, also commended the corps
member for the drone.
--PUNCH