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Google Quad??

Posted by Gary Mortimer on August 9, 2010 at 8:00am

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UK tech magazine reports that Google have bought a quad....

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/09/google_drone/
Hype from a manufacturer or are they playing UAS??
German article here

Fortune just reported it as well, we live in interesting times, maybe Google has enough clout to get the FAA to look at UAS use in the USA.


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  • Don LeRoi August 10, 2010 at 5:20am
    @Bob-

    The FAA's current policy is based on whether the unmanned aircraft is used as a public aircraft, civil aircraft or as a model aircraft.

    The policy for UAS operations is that no person may operate a UAS in the National Airspace System without specific authority.

    For UAS operating as public aircraft the authority is the COA, for UAS operating as civil aircraft the authority is special airworthiness certificates, and for model aircraft the authority is AC 91-57.

    AC 91-57 restricts operation to “visual line-of-site” and non-business use.

    Further, many of the radio frequencies on which we operate are restricted to non-commercial use by FCC regs.
  • Dale August 10, 2010 at 4:37am
    OMG, Google eats beef! aaargh! haha
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    Gary Mortimer August 9, 2010 at 11:34pm
    You have no rules in place for the use of sUAS in the NAS, in fact rather listen to this episode of the DIYD Podcast you could also go back and listen to some words from Patrick Egan on the subject.

    Amazing how over time this site becomes quite a resource!!
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    Gary Mortimer August 9, 2010 at 10:44pm
    Well some is better than none, remember its illegal to use UAS in the USA unless you have a COA. Forget hire and reward its not on the table there at the minute. As soon as you have data gathering equipment on board an RC aircraft becomes a UAS here, and in fact in most of Europe now. Regulation is the future, people either gripe or work towards shaping it correctly. Here is a start if you are interested. CAP722
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    Gary Mortimer August 9, 2010 at 10:17pm
    @Bob yes its true and its not that much of an issue. The fact that we have regulations here now means we could fly at Farnborough.

    The rules were not amended because of Merseyside, they were always going to be. Merseyside got themselves into trouble by touting the first ever arrest of somebody using the FLIR from there smaller Microdrone and then the CAA got in touch and reminded them that the law had changed in January and they were in breach of it cos they never applied for an operators licence. I believe that particular crim got off because the manner of arrest was not lawful!! The operators licence costs £106 and you just need to meet some simple things if your aircraft is sub 20kg,
  • Fabien Bruning August 9, 2010 at 2:25pm
    Well, you could always build your own brushless. (http://www.gobrushless.com/) I tried that with their stuff once, a small one takes patience to do but it runs, that is , until you find out you didn't use enough glue and can start over again.

    I imagine a bigger motor is easier to build though, since you can use looser tolerances.
  • Don LeRoi August 9, 2010 at 2:06pm
    @Fab and Jawahar - The MD4-1000 is not mine, rather I'm a member of a team that will be taking it and a couple of smaller quads to Antarctica to photograph penguin rookeries.

    @Jawahar - Yes, these motors are lower KV than the 2s and 3s motors we use on our smaller machines, because they are driven by 6s (18 AH!) battery packs. I'm afraid you won't find them at HobbyKing. The MD4-1000 specs can be found here: http://www.microdrones.com/en_md4-1000_tech_data.php

    One impressive spec that isn't listed there is the prop size - 700mm!

    - Don
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    Gary Mortimer August 9, 2010 at 1:13pm
    I noticed trees all over the place when Chris did his flight there in 07, I propose selling some of them there search trees. That must be how it works all the branches of information.

    Tech radars take http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/google-denies-testing-out-un...
  • Jack Crossfire August 9, 2010 at 1:06pm
    Was digging through their trash & noticed someone at Google bought a hamburger. Will sell the wrappers for $5 million.
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    Gary Mortimer August 9, 2010 at 1:02pm
    Ah yes I see the denials coming thick and fast now ;-) Naughty old Microdrone.....
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