A team led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has used fixed-wing UAS in Spain with the aim of assessing their capabilities for assessing electrocution risk for birds. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Onboard Quadrocopter Failsafe Algorithm Demo
The Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC), ETH Zurich, Switzerland has developed an algorithm allowing a quadrocopter to maintain stable flight despite the complete loss of a motor/propeller. In a previous video they have shown this algorithm in use, where a motion capture system was used to measure the position and orientation of the quadrocopter. Continue reading
WAVEcopter – a Fully Waterproof Quadcopter
WAVEcopter is a fully waterproof multicopter frame constructed by an enthusiast mostly from readily available and cheap electrical parts. His reasons for building it were to gain a new perspective on surfing photography, do aerial surveying of event sites, and to satisfy his general fascination with robotics and aviation. Continue reading
Police Deploy UAS Around London’s Gatwick Airport
From this month, Sussex Police officers are running a trial using a small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at and around the Gatwick Airport that will give them an eye in the sky to deal with potential incidents.The system will be able to beam live high-quality pictures to officers on the ground, allowing them to more quickly assess locations and film incidents from above. Continue reading
NASA Dryden Becomes NASA Armstrong
This video highlights some of the flight research and other activities that occurred at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in 2013. Continue reading
Singular Aircraft Demonstrator Passes Float Tests
The testing phase of Singular Aircraft Demonstrator SA-03 took an important step forward: In the middle of the month of February the SA- 03, which is an amphibious aircraft, successfully performed a series of manoeuvres and tests in water. Continue reading
Dassault Aviation nEUROn UCAV Test Flights
The Dassault nEUROn is an experimental Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) being developed with international cooperation, led by the French company Dassault Aviation. Continue reading
China to Combat Pollution Using Smog-Busting UAS
A new flexible-wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) will be used in the first round of anti-fogging tests in airports and ports, a National People’s Congress deputy said. The UAS made by a Hubei-based life-saving equipment company under the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, can carry up to 700 kilograms of anti-fogging catalysts to clear up fog within a range of 5 kilometers, said company chairman Ma Yongsheng. Continue reading