Monthly Archives: October 2009

Stanford students flying high.

2 October 2009
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Stanford students flying high.

The record attempt was made by a group of graduate students who took a course this spring in the Aero/Astro Department at Stanford University. This year the goal for the course was to design a small UAV to beat the remote control altitude record (~11, 000 ft). There were four teams of 4-5 students that had 10 weeks to...

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There are not enough Predators in this world!

2 October 2009
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There are not enough Predators in this world!

Two Civil Air Patrol (CAP) aircraft have been fitted with a similar sensor turret as used by Predator aircraft. These Cessna aircraft will be used during exercises to train operators on the ground. Freeing up sparse real air frame time for more important duties. Manned aircraft now standing in for unmanned! Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d92').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5})...

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