Comment by Andrés on March 25, 2011 at 4:36am

Nice! However, the onboard video shows one main disadvantage of this concept, namely shaking! I guess that efficiency is also not tremendously high.

There is no specific concept, which is the future of UAVs. Depending on the application either one or another concept is better suited. Hence, I see rather a pallette of concepts spanning over completely different airframes in the future. From standard airplanes over VTOLS, octo/quadrocopters, animal like uavs, etc.

Andrés

Comment by Kris Nackaerts on March 25, 2011 at 4:45am

Ok, my title was maybe a bit too generalized. I fully agree that for a specific application, most often, a specific optimized type of UAV will exist.

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on March 25, 2011 at 6:09am

Biomimicery its the phrase to watch, stunning stunning stuff

Comment by Kris Nackaerts on March 25, 2011 at 6:22am

Would this be the solution for legal issues... ?  ;-) The government can't prohibit birds to fly.

Comment by Duane Brocious on March 25, 2011 at 8:10am

For this project I will use a homing pigeon (failsafe return to base) and train it to respond like a horse to a bit in its beak. Not sure how to control elevator, I may need a vetrinarian to instal a control horn in the tail.

 

Comment by Johann Van Niekerk on March 25, 2011 at 8:42am

Lol Duanne mmmm I think you found a good alternative for Dangerous Lipo's ........ bird feed.

Comment by Crescent UAV on March 25, 2011 at 8:46am

saw this this morning... absolutely terrifying

 

Comment by passunca on March 25, 2011 at 9:04am

I can see some military commanders asking Festo
"Can'ya put some rockets in these thing boys?"

Comment by Duane Brocious on March 25, 2011 at 9:18am

Remember that bats with incindiery devices (Project X-ray, WWII) were developed years ago.

Comment by Kris Nackaerts on March 25, 2011 at 9:21am

Duane, I believe you need some extra work on your controller:

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