Comment by Ellison Chan on April 11, 2012 at 3:00pm

That's one huge prop.  I like the design of the camera in the front like that.

Comment by Christian - CheapDrones.com on April 11, 2012 at 3:28pm

Yeah, I like the look of it, I would imagine you need to catch this thing, or fly it into a net, I wouldnt want to land it on the ground the way its set up.  A good looking drone no doubt.

Comment by IKE on April 11, 2012 at 5:36pm

This look similar (but not exactly the same) to Skylark UAV from Elbit

Comment by Jan Detlefsen on April 12, 2012 at 2:57am

can't fly it? so give it to the local (public) university. at least that not all the money wasted.

Comment by Paul Marsh on April 12, 2012 at 4:19am

Out of a $1.4 million grant, $75,000 amounts to 0.05%.  The only reason this is news is because a drone is involved.  Can you imagine if every time 0.05% of tax money is wasted we got a news story?

Comment by Obormot on April 12, 2012 at 4:33am

as i understood, a drone was crushed and thats why drone can't be used anymore :)

nothing about "not working", "buggy software" or "bad construction".

"because it falls within restricted airspace near Honolulu International Airport"

Comment by R. D. Starwalt on April 12, 2012 at 4:40am

Regarding the aircraft, it looks like the camera/link module was developed separately and the flying surfaces added later. The wing 'pylon' is attached to a saddle that is fastened to the camera/link module. In the article, a photo from the right rear side shows most of the flying surfaces.

Some aspects remind me of a Free Flight C class model...except that massive motor/prop. Wow.

I also wonder if it was part of an option for the entire surveilance system?

The vendor/OEM could have developed the camera/link modules and then just bolted the flying stuff on.

Comment by R. D. Starwalt on April 12, 2012 at 4:44am

Here's the vendor mentioned in the article... http://www.hawaiyatech.com/

'Under Construction' so... FWIW

Comment by R. D. Starwalt on April 12, 2012 at 5:17am

Ok, I am going to stop with this.. I hope.

Here is another article about the same company, drone focused, and the awarded project.. http://www.suasnews.com/2011/01/3607/now-drones-for-hawaii-coastline/

The vendor has a subsection on the net that is still live..http://www.hawaiyatech.com/seaporte.html

I shouldn't have enjoyed Lisbeth's character so much...investigative linking is addictive when results are obtained.

Comment by Ellison Chan on April 12, 2012 at 9:09am

Paul, if there was a high profile news story every time 0.05% of money was wasted, there would less wasting of money.  People in government, spending our money, would think twice about doing stupid things.  The people a the DOT need to be removed from fiscal decisions and if any corruption is found they should be fired.

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