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Falcon UAV was fortunate to have recently completed field trials in South Africa for anti-poaching, wildlife conservation, and wildlife research missions.  Given that the event was in Africa it was critical that we use a non-ITAR autopilot.  What few may realize is that Falcon UAV was originally tuned with the help of Doug Weibel on the APM 1.x hardware because we didn't want to risk the few high dollar autopilots we had.  After initial tuning and proving the airframe design we had to switch to a commercial autopilot option as our first customers desired that autopilot.  While we continued to dabble with APM in the little free time we had it was hard to find time to finalize integration.  That brings us to about 3-4 months ago when our trip to Africa was finalized.  This put a date on our trip and a requirement to complete integration with APM and support of Falcons somewhat unique capabilities.  

Through a very aggressive flight test program and the amazing support of the 3DR Dev Team we were able to really show the world what unmanned aircraft can do for the conservation community and also prove that APM and Mission Planner are by far the best value for an autopilot system on the market.   

While I am proud in what Falcon has done I realize that we would have never have done this without the 3DR Dev Team.  Special thanks to Doug Weibel for introducing me to the APM and helping me out in numerous flight tests,  Craig Elder for coordinating efforts, Michael Oborne for making some great changes to MP to support Falcon's functionality, and last but not least to Tridge for his amazing knowledge, hours of skype calls, tlog reviews, up to the minute (literally) firmware updates.  

This is an amazing community with amazing products that WILL revolutionize the UAV market and Falcon UAV is proud to be using 3DR APM products!!!!

Thank you,

Chris Miser

Owner, Falcon UAV