Bait deployment with floating landing gear

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There is still a lot discover about the quadcopter use and their use is still limited because of security/safety concerns or technology challenges. Taking in consideration most of the limitations, I assumed that the FV (flying vehicle/quadcopter) will never be designed to get close to a human, especially one located in a crowd and that the weight it will carry has to be limited given by its technological limitation (range, weight lift capability).
Most of the accessories add weight to the FV and make the use of the original landing gear impossible, so when developing new accessories, this aspect should also be considered.
This design is also based on the FV having 4 pins to accept accessory and a servo to drive it if needed (like in my other design https://grabcad.com/library/claw-landing-gear-accessory-1).
In this case the main objective of the drone is to deploy bait where the fisherman intends to fish. The dropping mechanism is operated by the servo.
The landing gear is adapted for flying over water and eventually land or crash on the water.
All of the parts are printable and thanks to this technology, flexible material can be used when printing the landing barrels, therefore absorbing shocks when landing and by using a 10-15% infill it will float and have little wight.