9th June 2011, 06:15 PM
Look quite impressive just a few thoughts, you would allways need to have quite a competent model airplane controller has the light weight body of the plane means when "and definitely when" you loss GPS signal it will quickly crash has the single wing will be unstable without the computer or person correcting for the wind and so on. Also it seems very good at landing on a green lawn freshly cut don't think it would enjoy ploughed fields or scrub too much or the general abuse model planes take on landing, go on the web and look for training airplane models their built to be stable and to take landing abuse theirs a lot of difference.
If you where looking into a system like this the real time georefereced mosaic look very useful, and the electronic hardware looks quite good however I would do wonder if the plane itself would last more then 2 to 3 years of commercial use never mind if you did crash it the electronic are very exposed and even if the plane can be replaced cheaply the electronic would be eye watering. If i was paying out that much I would expect something on the order like the British Army Desert Hawk which is the same size but a lot sturdier construction.
Though it look like a quite valuable tool system in principle wish I work at a place where an idea like this could be taken further image the micro-air photos you could get for landscape projects, open area excavations, if used at the right time of year "thinking about harvest season when geophysics is quite common" soil marks; Look at the companies making money form a landrover a pole and a digi camra!
If you where looking into a system like this the real time georefereced mosaic look very useful, and the electronic hardware looks quite good however I would do wonder if the plane itself would last more then 2 to 3 years of commercial use never mind if you did crash it the electronic are very exposed and even if the plane can be replaced cheaply the electronic would be eye watering. If i was paying out that much I would expect something on the order like the British Army Desert Hawk which is the same size but a lot sturdier construction.
Though it look like a quite valuable tool system in principle wish I work at a place where an idea like this could be taken further image the micro-air photos you could get for landscape projects, open area excavations, if used at the right time of year "thinking about harvest season when geophysics is quite common" soil marks; Look at the companies making money form a landrover a pole and a digi camra!