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.
Would be cool if NASA open sourced the flight controller and plans for these things.
its not a tri copter its only got two axis, its 12 motor bi plane/copter thingo :)
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"