I wonder what things would look like if it was repeated.
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Thats the manned solar impulse which is due to take off again on another trial flight. Don't forget that the Zephyr will pass the two weeks in the air point later today, Friday the 23rd of July. It does not take a rocket scientist to work out that the man is probably the weak link in the Solar Impulse!!
No offence meant to a very skilled pilot no doubt, but when you here them saying things like engine up 3 RPM and down 3 RPM you realise an autopilot should be handling that sort of thing... http://www.solarimpulse.com/nightFlights/
You have to keep him alive and happy as well. I could'nt help looking at the sponsors watch and his flying helmet and thinking, crumbs theres some amount of payload just there!
Maybe I am just very jealous and would love to be flying that airframe, one thing the man does bring to the party is the ability to get the thing flown around the world and beat regulations for UAS.
Good luck to them, I bet there are spin-offs into the UAS world.
Now those that can really ought to raise a glass to our UAS team, the chaps from QinetiQ when the appointed hour comes and hope that it has a safe landing.
The count down is here
The Qinetiq Zephyr has been airborne for 7 days and as I write this.... 2 hours and 23 minutes. Its still flying. I believe they are going for two weeks. It took off last Friday from the Yuma testing grounds in Arizona at 1440 BST (0640 local)
Its Friday night lets all raise a glass to them!!!
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Heres a photo I took last week at the Waddington UAS symposium
Quite a difference, was that one the original plan????
Lots of announcements coming out in time for Farnborough.
From Flight Global
Not sure I would want to fly this.....
A glimmer of hope for those of you that live in that country with old fashioned rules, the FAA now have a brace of Scaneagles to play with.
From this thread at RCG http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1208472&page=2
Finally a use for the FPV gear you bought.
Grassroots Mapping: Kickstarter Pitch from TungstenMonkey on Vimeo.
The guys at Grassroots mapping are doing a great job with their kites and balloons at trying to keep BP honest. They need help now.
Story from Flight Global http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/05/26/342398/picture-iai-unveils-hovering-air-vehicle-design.html
Look maH no batteries.
Very interesting seeing this go forward.
Should be in the shop soon.
Jose Julios quad will take some beating though, quite the thing.
Keep an eye on the store for the release.
Titan Maiden flight from Billwhit on Vimeo.
Very short discription of the build at RCG
I see that the chaps down under, where woman blow and men chunder, have opened their store.
The first product I see of interest is the GPS which can be used with Ardupilot
The OpenPilot GPS is an ideal upgrade to the U-Blox unit normally used with the ArduPilot. To specifically make this upgrade easier for the community, the ends of the wire that is supplied with the OpenPilot GPS has been pre-crimped with JST SH pins. This means that you can free the pins from the housing of your old unit and just plug these crimped wire ends straight in to your old connector.
http://wiki.openpilot.org/OpenPilot_GPS
Heres the store link
http://store.openpilot.org/openpilot-gps.html
