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I am sorry if this has been posted before. Truly inspiring.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/09/jordi-munozs-scale-model-flying-circus/
Well done very cool.
Whilst those of you in the USA await regulation to allow flight, other countries are pushing forward.
Project URSULA (UAS Remote Sensing for Use in Land Applications) was launched by Welsh Assembly Minister for Rural Affairs, Elin Jones. The 2 year research and development programme will explore the potential for advanced remote sensing, using small unmanned aircraft, for use in land applications, primarily high input arable farming. The project is supported by the Welsh Assembly Government.
This is the sUAS flying over the nuclear plant in Japan, does anyone have info on it, I am struggling.
They seem to point the finger at the RC pilot, although I think both pilots were showboating. That is unless smoke on and stay down is a standard go around in the USA
Full story
Bring on Detect Sense and Avoid
I think we all like flight?
The international $50,000 prize UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Challenge – Outback Rescue competition held in approved airspace at Kingaroy, Queensland, will become a bi-annual event from 2011.Challenge co-founder and ARCAA director, QUT’s Professor Rod Walker said the changes were being made to the Challenge to give search and rescue teams more time to gain autonomous flight experience and more high school teams the chance to enter.
Read more
http://www.suasnews.com/2011/03/4482/new-format-for-international-uav-outback-challenge-to-boost-competition/
MicroPilot 21283X
How long before this becomes a standard required by authorities??
The MP21283X, MicroPilot’s triple-redundancy (3X) autopilot, is now available. Although 3X technology is established within the aviation industry, 3X autopilots are a new addition to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The MP21283x contains three robust autopilots to overcome a multitude of hardware failures. If any one of the three autopilots should fail, the remaining two take over. An additional mechanism oversees these three systems.
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade showed off its newest firefighter today (27 Jan) with a display by a hi-tech, remotely controlled aerial camera platform capable of hovering above fires, detecting hotspots and sending real-time vision back to a central contr
In a year that marks the centenary of the professional firefighter in Victoria, CyberQuad sets the standard for innovation in firefighting.
MFB believes CyberQuad has huge potential for delivering information from difficult incidents where an aerial perspective would greatly help manage and coordinate the emergency effort. Two of the flying eye-in-the-sky fan-driven aircraft have been purchased; one equipped with a high definition camera, the other with a standard definition camera as well as a thermal imaging camera.
Full story http://www.suasnews.com/2011/01/3597/melbourne-firefighters-deploy-quadrocopter/
sUAS News started as a way to get what I was doing and a couple of friends out into the world. I am sick of the endless military press releases that I keep posting. Sort of interesting but to a point.
Does the very lack of stories of civil sUAS doing useful things mean there are very few actually doing that?
If you are making waves doing something then drop me a line gary@suasnews.com
At very least your story will appear in the news feed on the right of this very site
Lets hear whats actually happening, GCS, airframes or photo jobs, I don't mind what it is.
Clearly those of you in the USA are on a sticky wicket advertising your commercial activites, not that any of you would be doing anything like that anyway ;-)
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Certainly something to think about over the holidays.
Ascending Technologies GmbH from Germany is looking to sponsor an international UAV research team in participating in any international UAV Contest (e.g. IARC) in 2011, or in demonstrating their groundbreaking developments in the field of UAVs in any public event in 2011.
The sponsored team will receive 15,000 Euros of hardware, software, individual modifications and support from Ascending Technologies GmbH’s multi-rotor product line.
The nominee shall be at the forefront setting the benchmark in UAV research in 2011. This sponsorship will enable the team to focus on developing their own ideas instead of trying to get an UAV flying.
A short description of the mission objectives, from the challenge which is planned to be attend, or what the project is about and a brief abstract for publication on www.asctec.de is required. The full application must be sent via email to Ascending Technologies by the 13th of February 2011.
Ascending Technologies is a young and highly innovative manufacturer of flying multi-rotor platforms for university & research applications. The company is known for its experience in design and production of high quality UAVs worldwide in most research laboratories and R&D departments in the area of aerial robots.
In 2008, Ascending Technologies won several awards in the European Micro Air Vehicle Conference (EMAV). Last year, the winner of the International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC) used the AscTec Pelican aerial robot. In October 2010 a new endurance world record in laser-powered flight had been achieved in cooperation with LaserMotive LLC, Seattle. The AscTec UAV flew for over 12 hrs.
They are top banana people, so would be a great way to get to work with them.
Patrick Egan has some comments about the upcoming SFAR 107.
Highlights include:-
VLOS = 400’ AGL out to 1500’ laterally.
Small UAS handbook
Manufacturers operations and maintenance manuals
Operations only allowed 5 miles from charted airports. The other bins or “types” will find themselves flying further away.
Written permission from airport manager for operations closer than 5 miles (I suppose that there’ll still be no operating in Class B)
Ground School
Pilot certification (Pilot’s license)
Observer certification
Class 2 medicals for both the pilot and observer
Electronic position and altitude reporting (Self certification okay here.)
No autonomous aids (but not here.)
Aircraft certification, PIC (Pilot in Command) will declare
Some sort of automated web-tool to be developed for registration
Data collection/capture (TBD)
SFAR standards still to be developed by ASTM and other standards groups (another story all together)
And for the nonaffiliated RC hobbyists, you will basically be at the mercy of the ATO as they will be writing the regulations for you.
* This list is meant to demonstrate the tone of SFAR as we’ve not had the privilege of laying eyes on the chiseled granite.
His full article here
No doubt as ever fur and handbags will fly now.
I think they did a pretty bang up job with that.
Comments at sUAS News have to be filtered because they can get really quite horrid, so perhaps the debate should happen here in the safe environment of a Ning ;-)
Looks like the AMA, just like the BMFA in UK does not want anything to do with UAS, luckily for me and the same for those in South Africa our aviation authorities are a little more sensible than the FAA and have let us start. Similar in Canada, Australia, Norway umm thats all I can think of right now.
Joining AUVSI might just be a better thing to do and have them help fight the corner for UAS use in the USA. They already have the ear of the FAA and industry, support from DIYD might help. Also don't forget the other organisation if photography is your thing, RCAPA
I have not passed this one by Chris, I expect he has some thoughts on the subject.
But if you like over there you can keep on tutting and muttering and claiming you can do what you want. The rest of us will be busy making your safety case data in the real world for you. ;-)
Please lets try and be sensible here, otherwise I will just delete the thread. I realise this will light the touchpaper somewhat.
More of the story here pretty cool eh.
Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.
Pretty cool outfit with an out there idea
The X37 B very secretive air force drone appears to have just changed orbit or landed.
