APM on TV

Posted by Marc on December 23, 2012 at 4:24pm

Was good to see the APM in action on the TV tonight, they flew a slingsby glider 20 miles with the APM and landed on the money..... :)

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  • Mark Bennett December 23, 2012 at 11:51pm

    Yep, James May and the team did a great job of flying the Slingsby all the way across to Lundi. Over a 22 mile distance it landed 20 feet off the GPS co-ordinate. Bloody marvellous! They had to launch from a specially designed cradle slung under a heli to get the height. The calcs ran to 8000 feet for the launch but with good weather they took it up to 10,000 feet. The Slingsby had plenty of height when it got to Lundi. It had to circle to lose height to drop onto the final co-ordinate. A credit to all you guys that have developed the kit.

    Best.

    Mark

  • Anish December 23, 2012 at 4:40pm

    i have to admit i missed it :( have to get iplayer help to view it now

  • Marc December 23, 2012 at 4:31pm

    chris,

    i have it recorded i will try to upload to a torrent and let you know where it is.

    regards

     

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    Chris Anderson December 23, 2012 at 4:25pm

    Is there anyway to see this outside of the UK? We're blocked by the BBC :-(

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