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Police Chief vows to deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle despite contentions
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:50:38 -0800, Ron Wanttaja
wrote in : When you consider that 12-year-old kids can go to Wal-Mart and buy an electric RC plane...complete with camera...for $150 Are you able to provide a link to the particular aircraft you mentioned above? Thank you. |
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Police Chief vows to deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle despite contentions
"C J Campbell" wrote in message e.com... snip: : I believe this is what is known as "regulatory overreach." : : No, but they do control the airspace, as provided by Congress. And they do : control who can fly and what they can fly. The statement is quite accurate. : : The FAA has allowed, up until now, radio controlled aircraft to fly. Guys : like this police chief could get them all grounded. : : -- : Waddling Eagle : World Famous Flight Instructor : Now that I agree with. I remember during the 2002 Olympics in SLC that RC planes were 'grounded' in a TFR-like regulation for something like 50 miles around the Olympic site. As far as I know no-one challenged it?!?! |
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Police Chief vows to deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle despite contentions
Some friends and I used to build battle robots for TV shows (I built Rosie the Riveter for Robot Wars, etc) and we were contacted recently about doing something like this for an LEA in a different state. Needless to say, it's a back-burner project. Disappointing, 'cause I was looking forward to trying out the prototypes. -c |
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Police Chief vows to deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle despite contentions
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:27:31 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:50:38 -0800, Ron Wanttaja wrote in : When you consider that 12-year-old kids can go to Wal-Mart and buy an electric RC plane...complete with camera...for $150 Are you able to provide a link to the particular aircraft you mentioned above? http://www.estesrockets.com/products.php?number=4127 http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=4196237 Target and other stores sell an F-16 that goes like a bat out of bleeding hell...not a very good starter plane, but it's what I learned to fly these "foamies" on, and the F-16 is damn near indestructible. One of my EAA friends happened to be there on the first day I flew it. He said, "I've known you for fifteen years, and I've never heard you laugh like that." One drawback to ALL of these is that the pitch control is backwards. The stick controls *throttle*, not an elevator, so you push forward to climb. But they all climb at their "normal" throttle settings, so you can ignore pitch control while you learn how to control direction. You're definitely out of the control for the first couple of flights...but that's most of the fun. Ron Wanttaja |
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Police Chief vows to deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle despite contentions
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:13:16 -0800, Ron Wanttaja
wrote in : http://www.estesrockets.com/products.php?number=4127 http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=4196237 Target and other stores sell an F-16 that goes like a bat out of bleeding hell...not a very good starter plane, but it's what I learned to fly these "foamies" on, and the F-16 is damn near indestructible. One of my EAA friends happened to be there on the first day I flew it. He said, "I've known you for fifteen years, and I've never heard you laugh like that." One drawback to ALL of these is that the pitch control is backwards. The stick controls *throttle*, not an elevator, so you push forward to climb. But they all climb at their "normal" throttle settings, so you can ignore pitch control while you learn how to control direction. You're definitely out of the control for the first couple of flights...but that's most of the fun. Ron Wanttaja Thanks. Walmart is out of stock, but I did find a better price he http://marketplace.hgtv.com/View_Lis...d=1439-N608153 |
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Police Chief vows to deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle despite contentions
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:27:43 -0800, Richard Riley
wrote in : On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:09:32 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote: On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:28:48 -0800, Richard Riley wrote in : My company has many people working full time on COA's to allow our various unmanned aircraft to fly outside the limits of the AMA exemption. http://www.uavm.com/uavregulatory/ce...orization.html On this page: http://www.uavm.com/uavregulatory/ai...ification.html This link is broken: http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert...iment/uas_faq/ Here is the updated link: http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert...s/uas/uas_faq/ What does a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category allow me to do? The operating limitations issued with this type of certificate allow a UA to be operated only within the line of sight of an observer, during daylight hours and when other aircraft are not in the vicinity. According to this General Atomics blurb: http://www.ga-asi.com/news.php?subac..._from=&ucat=1& Today Altair routinely operates in NAS under a national Certificate of Authorization (COA) which allows it to fly in restricted airspace during takeoff and landing before quickly ascending to altitudes high above commercial air traffic. Under its new one-year experimental certificate, Altair will not only be able to fly at higher altitudes, but also expands its geographic operations. Similar to a COA, an UAS experimental certificate contains certain conditions that must be met to ensure a level of safety equivalent to manned aircraft operations in the NAS. This includes “good weather” conditions and a requirement for a pilot and observer, both of whom may either be on the ground or in an accompanying “chase” plane. While COAs are issued to the customer (e.g. NASA, NOAA), the experimental certificate has been issued directly to GA-ASI, providing it with the opportunity to use Altair for company purposes such as experimental flight testing, marketing demonstrations and crew training. Operation of their Altair must: "ensure a level of safety equivalent to manned aircraft operations in the NAS." So I suppose that means, that at altitude it must be accompanied by a manned chase plane, and that ensures that the UAV operates with the equivalent margin of safely as a "flight of two." Is that correct? That's one way to do it. Another way is to fly entirely within restricted areas - that's what CBP is doing on the southern border with their Pred B While that may work fairly well along narrow strips of airspace along the US borders, such a policy is going to amount to a huge airspace grab if implemented in other areas of the CONUS. In our testing we're keeping visual contact with the bird from an observer on the ground. If another airplane is in the area we see and avoid him - but from the ground. I suppose that would be nearly the "level of safety equivalent to manned aircraft operations," But it does add another member to the ground crew. How many personnel would that make to operate the UAV? Of course, that means our testing area in pretty small. Due to the angle and haze in the atmosphere the testing area could be quite limited at times, considering the speeds involved and the time required to see the conflicting aircraft, recognize it as a factor, input the control commands, and have the UAV actually maneuver out of the way. One unusual way, that has been done, is to put the observer in the back seat of a convertable, and fly parallel to the highway. So that method requires a second additional ground crew member to do the driving. UAV operations are a bit labor intensive at this stage of their development, aren't they. |
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