by MARK WIGGINS / KVUE News and photojournalist DAVID GARDNER AUSTIN — It’s a weekend marked by the roar of engines, but even before the first multimillion dollar car screams off the starting line at Austin’s first Formula 1 race, another high-tech engine is cranking up and leaving the track behind. The Spreading Wings S800 Hexacopter built by Austin...
The clever folk at Ars Technica Futurelab Germany are using a system developed for tracking sports players to position their quadrocopters. It offers a much higher degree of accuracy than GPS based systems and works indoors or outside. The core of this environment is the lpm (local position measurement) of inmotiotec , a radio-based positioning system, which can be used both...
The activist group whose drone was shot down by hunters on Sunday, Nov. 19 has released video of the incident. A drone owned by SHARK, or SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness, was flying above the Wing Pointe club in Berks County, Penn. and observing a pigeon shooting event when it came under fire. “As soon as I hit the...
Another project looking for community funding, Indiegogo again I’m Roberto Navoni the founder of VirtualRobotix.com community This is me with Elisa and Giovanna , one week ago at makersitaly presentation. Why we were there ? That is a long story that began sometime ago … When I bought my first closed source Quadcopter kit the idea was that it...
Animal rights activists in Pennsylvania are reporting that hunters have shot down a drone that was recording a shooting event at a private club. “SHARK,” or SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness, said that they were monitoring a pigeon shoot at the Wing Pointe shooting club in Berks County, Penn., on Sunday, Nov. 18 when their drone was shot out...
We recently posted Koker 1, Iran’s VTOL UA offering. Daily I am seeing stories claiming it to be a worlds first in class. When I first saw it I knew it was something I had seen before but just could not think where. It had stuck in my mind because it looks like they used Easystar wings! I am sure...
My goodness its Thunderbird 2, another one from indiegogo Ben Berry, CEO AirShip Technologies Group What if you had the opportunity to help fund a product that can CHANGE THE WORLD? The AirShip V2 Solar Turbine is designed to provide critical new capabilities in a reliable and more affordable manner; all while consuming no fossil fuels and emitting no...
The Team at Skypower are used to moving quickly, just as well as we got a call on Friday afternoon from Cowboy Films for a film job the following Wednesday and Thursday. Normally not a problem however the filming was to take place on the edge of Class A airspace very close to Ascot. So permission to fly was...
More interesting work from the flying machine arena at ETH, they are leading the pack with cutting edge multicopter research. This time one for Red Bull air racing fans. In the future this work will keep platforms out of harms way whilst they survey buildings and structures. Some poles are arbitrarily placed in the space and a time-optimized trajectory...
On the 30th of October AERMATICA, for its UAV ANTEOS, obtained from the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), ENAC, the first Permit to Fly issued in Italy that allows flight activity in non-segregated airspace of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft, commonly known as “drone”. This first Italian case – which comes meanwhile the CAA is working on legislation designed to...
