well the best way is to find a university interested in uav research , and make your self available to do demos, you usually have to foot the bill yourself but its a great foot in the door. also call your local government services . the trick is to get in with a major university or a governmental agency . after that its really between them and the FAA .but one thing everyone has to understand is that this is serious stuff , our A-3 retails for $75,000 . every time i fly i understand that peoples lives are on the line . this type of job is not for everyone , it is very high stress and mistakes cant be made . just to give an idea about what it takes , we have spent well over $250,000 over the past 2 years and we are just now starting to get some income . so if you have an extra $ 1/4 mil sitting around , can do without if for a few years and are willing to risk it all in what amounts to an overblown r/c monster of an airplane with a 3/4 second control delay this just might be your line of work.so to sum up#1 lots of $#2 fly huge , very expensive airplane or even a small , very expensive airplane#3 get some form of government help (dont be afraid to crack open a phone book and look at the blue pages and call people !! )#4 i have found that most government agencies want big payloads , high altitudes and all weather beyond-horizon abilitygood luck to everone and above allHAVE FUN !!!wayne
Sorry if my questions have made you angry, as that was not my intention. I just honestly wanted to see an actual COA that had been granted by the FAA. They are pretty rare at this point, heck would most likely be eligible to be framed for posterity. Thanks anyway Wayne....
lets make this clear i have no idea how i could go out and get a coa right now but i do know how to get the people who can to go and get one, and then I fly for them , get it?
all you everwant to learn about COAs is right here
a little busy right now but i will see if i can dig up some maps ect from the mission and post them later this weekend
Would it be possible for you to post a copy of the COA so that others might be able to learn what would need to be provided to the FAA to obtain one? As PIC of the flights you made I am sure that your must have been provided a copy of the COA as part of the preflight briefings so that you would have a full understanding as to the limits that you would have to fly under to adhere to the COA itself. Thanks for all of your very detailed information regarding the projects you have participated in, and I hope you can continue our education into the COA process further.
that big yellow thing to the left. Peak-Aviation our web site. you can get the info for this study at the WSDOT web sit under "reserach" . as far as background on the mission please refer to my blog on it . ive also posted video from the demo and flight video of and from the A-3 here . i will tell you one thing it was scary . we had air density of 7,000 ft and flying in a high mountian valley , gps loss was a problem . in fact the georgia tech team had thier gps jump 300ft during a flght while flying close to the canyon wall . it was put into manual and quickly recovered .
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all you everwant to learn about COAs is right here
a little busy right now but i will see if i can dig up some maps ect from the mission and post them later this weekend
Peak-Aviation our web site. you can get the info for this study at the WSDOT web sit under "reserach" . as far as background on the mission please refer to my blog on it . ive also posted video from the demo and flight video of and from the A-3 here . i will tell you one thing it was scary . we had air density of 7,000 ft and flying in a high mountian valley , gps loss was a problem . in fact the georgia tech team had thier gps jump 300ft during a flght while flying close to the canyon wall . it was put into manual and quickly recovered .
view of the road we used as a runwayCould you describe your A-3 aircraft and provide some background info on the missions you are flying under the COA ? Thanks.
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