Tag: Outdoors
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Planetary Hex Flies in Christchurch
On Tuesday 9th June, the Drone Technology Research Group attended the annual industry engagement day for the MBIE-funded project Enabling Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) to use Tools in Complex Dynamic Environments. In addition to presenting on recent progress in relevant UAV research, the DTRG team brought the large Planetary Hex aircraft from Auckland. This aircraft…
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Outdoors Flying with a Fixed-Wing UAV
Wind Tunnel Research moves outdoors with flight testing of a Fixed-Wing Flying Meteorological System. The latest in a recent series of projects in aerial meteorology, focused on gathering wind data in location not accessible by traditional sensors, this work aims to improve atmospheric models, and hence wind resilience, through increased data availability. Previously using multirotors,…
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Outdoors Flying
As we near the end of the year, we took one of our regular flying meetings outdoors. We often hold these meetings in the lab as a means for the group to bond, while honing our flying skills via various objectives and obstacles. This time, with the sun shining, it was time for a change,…