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The time-lines seem unrealistic. While the mechanical design seems impressive, what about imaging, computing, and comms? I.e. it's one thing to make a mini UAV
by JabavuAdams 14y ago
The time-lines seem unrealistic. While the mechanical design seems impressive, what about imaging, computing, and comms?
I.e. it's one thing to make a mini UAV flight demonstrator, but quite another to put a payload on it and have it transmit data over a usable range, for a useful length of time.
- bigiain 14y agoYou might be surprised to see what hobbyist-grade gear is capable of today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zogJ-hIM-90 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zogJ-hIM-90 and some discussion of it: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1650766 http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1650766 That's only a few hundred bucks worth of off-the-shelf equipment (and a fair few tens or hundreds of hours worth of acquiring the skills needed to make it all work together)
- JabavuAdams 14y agoThe original article is about a UAV that masses 20 g, whereas the links you mention have video from a Funjet, which is has a mass of 550g, according to this: http://www.barnardmicrosystems.com/L4E_arctic.htm#x3 http://www.barnardmicrosystems.com/L4E_arctic.htm#x3 So, that's 27x the mass -- a completely different problem in terms of engineering.
- nl 14y agoDepending on your situation, a a usable range, for a useful length of time might mean "around that corner 1 meter away, for 10 seconds" (As anyone who has played a first peson shooter will tell you).