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Art-tech, a Chinese maker of very cheap RC aircraft, has launched a UAV division and has some new products that could be interesting.

Below are the specs of the fixed wing autopilot shown above. No pricing or availability is given (I've emailed asking for more info) and the website is a terrible broken mess of missing pages and non-working sections, so I assume the product is not out yet. My own experience with Art-Tech is that its products are pretty low quality, but perhaps this new division is aiming higher. We'll see...

Specs:

Integrate GPS receiver, three-axis MEMS gyro, three-axis accelerometers, pressure altimeter, inertial strapdown attitude algorithm

Adopt UBLOX 5th generation GPS receiver, 4Hz output, 35 seconds fast positioning time and accuracy of 2.5 meters CEP

50HZ inner attitude control, 4HZ outer navigation control. high-precision attitude through to use 32 ARM7microprocessors

Three Modes Options:

Manual remote control, /Auto balance remote control /Automatic navigation control.

Two modes for Ground Control Station:

Flight Course navigation mode / Mouse pointing flight Real-time Control mode.

Waypoints setting through Ground Control Station

Auto-return protection after communication interruption

Distance Automatic photography

The ground station software contains electronic map that can change the route and tasks online,real-time semi-autonomous remote control, and can real-time record flight data and play back off-line.

Contains the autopilot power supply voltage monitoring, electric aircraft power voltage monitoring, GPS accuracy of detection and autopilot temperature detection.