Comment by John Galczynski on November 14, 2011 at 12:15pm

You may be interested in MITRE.org new development in sense and avoid prior to FAA rulemaking. 

The new radio (no info yet) is:    Mitre's UAT Beacon radio

Cheers,

nanovision

 

Comment by Vladimir "Lazy" Khudyakov on November 15, 2011 at 9:48am

Szególnie rozbawił autopiłot na skrzydłe... :)))

Moderator Comment by Krzysztof Bosak on November 15, 2011 at 11:03am

Vlad, I had to place it somewhere. I have considered placing it inside the wing because it is basically a single flat PCB, but since it is just a cheapest chinese balsa grade so I let it stay outside.

Comment by John Galczynski on November 19, 2011 at 1:45am

Here's another new development in sense and avoid

 

http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/uv-online/sncs-sense-and-avoid-ra...

I came across it in http://groundystems-index.com  --> basically a trade journal of UAV's

 

Cheers,

 

nanovision

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator Comment by Krzysztof Bosak on November 19, 2011 at 2:32am

While I appreciate your input, what is the correlation between military research radar for a few tons of USD and a civilian amateur UAV test platform?

Comment by John Galczynski on November 20, 2011 at 9:36pm

Oh, many times military products migrate to civilian.  Like Sandia developed a $10 USD radar for short ranges but initially it derived from military use at a much higher cost.  I expect the FAA to limit Air Certificates for UAV's in civilian sector having sense and avoid as it was referred to in their position papers.  So, I looked to a variety of sense modes that could fit in the restricted world of UAV's: ie, electrostatic, spark with echo location, acoustic, Lidar, optical scan, frequency listening for radio traffic, and something analogous to metal detectors at a distance and machine vision.  I'm still looking at options and would like to test them.  Next year, a company is coming out with a tiny ultra light low power transponder but in the two grand USD range - I can't recall their name off the cuff. I can imagine a transponder solution for much less money than a couple grand. 

 

 

 

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on November 21, 2011 at 1:59am

But can you imagine getting it certified.

Moderator Comment by Krzysztof Bosak on November 21, 2011 at 5:08am

If bureaucrats pay me for my effort, I can consider certifying it.

At the moment the civ non-gov market is not supporting introduction of additional toys required by ever-tightening laws.

Comment by Vladimir "Lazy" Khudyakov on November 21, 2011 at 7:29am

@ John: Oh, many times military products migrate to civilian.

One and only - WHERE?

 

P.S.

Drogi Krzysztofie, OGROMNIE dziękuj za książkę.

Comment by John Galczynski on November 21, 2011 at 11:37am

Ok, here's another example of military technology going civilian WWII microwave radar went cooking after Navy used them to cook hot dogs after chocolate melted.  A quick search >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven   Also, mini gyros such as new fiber upgraded from MIMS gyros came from military development ... the list goes on.  How many times I cannot answer the list is long and time is short. 

Lepsze Życzenia

 

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