New autopilot system from Art-Tech

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.

Completely understandable Chris.M and no you are not crying. Just educating us diyfolks. Sorry I didn't know this earlier. I don't know much about business part of this but having seen my hard worked tenders & RFQs lost to some one else who simply stole the whole document and won the contract without having to spend a dime on R & D , I understand how you feel. I felt betrayed and bitter even now and never submitted one more tender to same client again( it was the client who sold me to the competitor). I am sure others here agree and ~~sympathize~~ support you too. I for one support your feelings on this. I just don't like when this truly Global community gets divided by emotions based on region or religion or similar non tech stuff. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

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Robert Krogh (hooks) June 9, 2010 at 1:42am

Just to clear things up about Art-Tech and FeiyuTech.

Art Tech are not the same company as FeiyuTech Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

Art Tech buys many of there products from FeiyuTech but they are not the same company.
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Robert Krogh (hooks) June 8, 2010 at 10:47am

Yes more will come in this matter!
Chris McNair June 7, 2010 at 1:54pm

Hooks, You are beyond right there! I found out the hard way. Just curious was all. Looks like a good bird that many like. It will be neat to see your RTF UAS.
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Robert Krogh (hooks) June 7, 2010 at 1:31pm

Chris M, No no I'm not the designer of Skywalker. I'm only selling the plane. I have a few contacts to the manufacture so I can try and ask around where and how. But remember it's China so if you are having a new design under your arm I'm not sure you want to go this way.
Chris McNair June 7, 2010 at 12:44pm

I am sure they are not the same. Very few if any designs from Art-Tech are original to the company. This includes any of their accessories. I seen it first hand. They even took a 64mm EDF impeller I designed for the Mako and now use it for almost all their EDF birds. They even scraped off a few thousands off the plastic to save a penny over 10 units. This caused them to shatter over 45k.... Anyhow. Hooks are you the original designer of the SkyWalker? Where are you getting your high pressure molding done?
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Robert Krogh (hooks) June 7, 2010 at 12:19pm

It's news to me that Art-tech is the same company as FeiyuTech.

FeiyuTech only makes Autopilots for Fixed wings not heli as Art-Tech does.
Does anyone have 100% info that these companies are the same.
Chris McNair June 7, 2010 at 12:11pm

No problem guys. Now back to the infamous Artech autopilot........=)
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Mark Colwell June 7, 2010 at 11:47am

I was going to review the new FY-20 IMU on my SkyWalker UAV but, not after learning this... ( I didn't know it was made by Art-Tech). Chris 9 months is a long time to be stuck... Sorry about all this mess. Glad you posted this!
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Morli June 7, 2010 at 11:46am

Completely understandable Chris.M and no you are not crying. Just educating us diyfolks. Sorry I didn't know this earlier. I don't know much about business part of this but having seen my hard worked tenders & RFQs lost to some one else who simply stole the whole document and won the contract without having to spend a dime on R & D , I understand how you feel. I felt betrayed and bitter even now and never submitted one more tender to same client again( it was the client who sold me to the competitor). I am sure others here agree and ~~sympathize~~ support you too. I for one support your feelings on this. I just don't like when this truly Global community gets divided by emotions based on region or religion or similar non tech stuff. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Chris McNair June 7, 2010 at 11:28am

Got to make fun of myself! Sounds like a big baby crying! awwww pooooo........ I apologize if this bothered anybody. I am not mad nor bitter. You live and learn. I just figured while we were talking about it I would let it be known.....

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