The elephant in the room for civilian unmanned aerial system operation, detect sense and avoid or rather the development of it came sharply into focus last weekend. A manned biplane hit and destroyed a large model aircraft during a charity event at Brighton (CO),Van Aire Airpark on the 14th of Aug 2010. The FAA has confirmed that they are...
Dean Goedde of Attopilot fame has posted development news. Tri-copter successfully flown with IMU AttoPilot in a stabilized and assisted attitude mode (Co-Pilot type mode). Planning to offer as a commercial product, likely as part of the standard IMU Atto autopilot system. GPS + IMU INS filter for heading (without magnetometers!) with uncorrected drift of 2.5 degrees per minute...
