FLARES – Flying Launch and Recovery System

Lifting a Scaneagle with an octocopter is impressive, dropping it cool, catching it crikey! The forces on the trailing line must have been immense.  Very impressive.

FLARES – Flying Launch and Recovery System from Insitu on Vimeo.

Very clever stuff from, I can’t help thinking they are just trying to catch up with the inventor of the scaneagle, Dr Tad McGeer.

Pandora from Aerovel does not need the Octo.