"> Is there a plan to keep the aircraft from drifting into an area that prevents taking off
Good point, and we are working on that this summer. Our main consideration is to do that without going beyond the energy available in the battery as we might…"
"@ Petr Hubacek: haven't experimented with it yet, but sea water is hundred times more conductive (and corrosive)...
@Rick Yonika: Great video. We wanted to limit the extra weight of added servo and the control complexity to a maximum. We have a…"
"We used different techniques: grease for the servo, encapsulation and protective coating for the electronics, etc. The main motor doesn't need waterproofing. Normal RC servo connectors don't need waterproofing either (0.1" spacing at 5V is…"
Guys, I thought you might appreciate our new drone SUWAVE (Sherbrooke University Water-Air VEhicle). It is a new seaplane concept that should allow us to hop from lake to lake using solar energy. It uses new VTOL takeoff and landing techniques,…