Rzeszow university of Technology with PR-5+ Wiewior won by finding the square target located among bushes on a slope. It was about 1km from takeoff point. Find the footage from decisive flight below.Congratulations for the whole team! Observe custom groundstation and catapult...
Well frankly they are flying in FPV because their autopilot is not mature enough. It is not mature enough because it is sort of highly scientific fuzzy-logic neural network running 2 engines, vtail and ailerons. It works, it circles, but when you need to be airborne for 1h 1km away they don't trust it yet.
However the aircraft construction is top-notch (I would say over-the-top for the mission):
-aerodynamics refined since 5 versions, including 1 SAE lifter
-groundstation (who of you DIYdroners have one with simultaneous video overlay and custom map in bulletproof package?)
-catapult
-parachute tested and measured in appropriate fluid dynamics software, as well as other components
-camera dome steered by integrated joystick
-materials:
mixed fiberglass+carbon epoxy, with a kind of honey-shaped inserts
-integral batteries in wings
-wing technology measured for destructive forces from 2 yr old machine that was flown several times:
They have working 2-way telemetry, video feed, camera turret. Things that many ppl during Outback Challenge had problems with.
Observe that they are NTO crashing and 2nd year in a row they aare FINDING the target, circling for 60s around it, return home then land on parachute. So in FINDING a target (and transmititng the coordinates) with whatever means they are actually ahead of Outback challenge, plus their terrain is much more difficult (the climate looks equal as for today). I believe that concerning radio interference their setup is better tested than half of Outback Challenge contestants.
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However the aircraft construction is top-notch (I would say over-the-top for the mission):
-aerodynamics refined since 5 versions, including 1 SAE lifter
-groundstation (who of you DIYdroners have one with simultaneous video overlay and custom map in bulletproof package?)
-catapult
-parachute tested and measured in appropriate fluid dynamics software, as well as other components-camera dome steered by integrated joystick
-materials:
mixed fiberglass+carbon epoxy, with a kind of honey-shaped inserts
-integral batteries in wings
-wing technology measured for destructive forces from 2 yr old machine that was flown several times:
They have working 2-way telemetry, video feed, camera turret. Things that many ppl during Outback Challenge had problems with.
Observe that they are NTO crashing and 2nd year in a row they aare FINDING the target, circling for 60s around it, return home then land on parachute. So in FINDING a target (and transmititng the coordinates) with whatever means they are actually ahead of Outback challenge, plus their terrain is much more difficult (the climate looks equal as for today). I believe that concerning radio interference their setup is better tested than half of Outback Challenge contestants.
Don't underestimate those guys ;-)