Air Battle over White Cliffs of Dover filmed by onboard camera on German Messerschmitt BF-109. Interesting dialogue for German speakers. Continue reading
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
Israel Bans Elbit & IAI from UAS Sales to Poland
Israel’s Ministry of Defence has reacted to a potential procurement scandal in Poland by banning two of it’s leading manufacturers from selling unmanned air systems to the European nation. Continue reading
AAI RQ-7 Shadow Tactical UAS in Afghanistan
U.S. Army Soldiers with Company B, 4-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, retrieve and launch an unmanned aircraft, the RQ-7B Shadow, on Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar Province, Afghanistan. Continue reading
DJI Phantom Creates LED Art
Inspired by the 1977 film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” production studio Fiction has created massive light paintings that look like an alien went wild with sparklers in the sky. Continue reading