D2 videos trickle onto the web, the D2 videos are to prove to the judges that the bottle drop works and the aircraft continues to fly safely afterwards. It also shows pre flight checks. News on the street is that at least two teams, have suffered some pretty major airframe issues during testing. Team...
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In a slick high profile launch at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The annual video game conference and show at the Los Angeles Convention centre the French Parrot company launched there quadrocopter. Expected to come in for less than $300 the camera equipped quad is tasked with playing Augmented Reality the AR part of the...
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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...
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In what may be a UK first an sUAS has been lost in the centre of a major city within Class A airspace. John Wallbank, who owns photocopying and design company, Copycat based in Edinburgh is offering a £500 pound reward for the return of the X6. No doubt the after recent changes to...
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TUCSON, Arizona – BAE Systems, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed the first successful test flight of its small, electric-powered Coyote unmanned aircraft system. The system deployed in midair from a 3-foot-long sonobuoy dropped from a P-3 aircraft. The flight, which lasted 49 minutes, marks a significant milestone...
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Keep your sUAS and model aircraft in the house should you be within 30nm of Marthas Vinyard later this month. The following Notam was released yesterday. It includes catchy bits like this… Be advised that noncompliance with the published NOTAM may result in the use of force. For one week the following aviation based...
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Anti fascism protestor’s that attended the demonstration against the BNP’s Red White and Blue festival are planning to request en masse, stills and video images taken by the quadrocopter. Alex Snowdon is submitting a Subject Access request under the Data Protection Act . The police are then required to supply any images in which...
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Ascending Technologies and MIT won 1st place at IARC2009 competition The AscTec/MIT team managed to develop the most advanced and robust indoor MAV between the announcement of the mission in 2008 and the competition in 2009. By doing so the team was able to finish the mission in the first year. This result had...
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An AirRobot quadrocopter was used to keep an eye on the BNP rally at Codnor in Derbyshire this weekend. The German made sUAS was used to watch anti fascist groups protesting against the BNP rally. Photojournalist Jono Warren witnessed the UAV inaction. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d39').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });
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A very clever, and simple idea unveiled this week at AUVSI. The Boomerang flight concept. Or throw and forget. The sUAS leaves the operators hand flies a pre determined route and then lands back at his feet. Makes me consider if enough or the right image will be taken in this somewhat random approach....
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