Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., are studying the concept with models such as the unmanned aerial system GL-10 Greased Lightning. The GL-10, which has a 10-foot wingspan, recently flew successfully while tethered. Free-flight tests are planned in the fall of 2014.
http://www.nasa.gov/aero/testing-electric-propulsion.html#.U_VgeGNKiEf
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I know this is an old post but I was talking to somebody yesterday and they were saying the FC is an open source and not there system.
The imprecation I was getting is it was in fact APM.
Somebody's been watching too much Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
They better OK this with Colson first.
Just Saying.
I thought this was a people sized airplane until I saw the 10ft wingspan.
Looks like the winner of the competition: "Stick 10 BL motors with folding props on a model plane"