Crash Of UAV Prototype On First Flight

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Our first flight of our 4 meter wingspan powered glider which we are using for development of our navigation systems for UAV. Sponsored by www.2CLight.com. We took off on a very windy day and you can see the disastrous effects of wind shear. We will repair and be back again though, moving from remote control to self sustained autonomous flight soon

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Crash Of UAV Prototype On First Flight

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  • Too

    windy for flying.

    By mollyq 1235790299 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Poor pretty airplane

    Always hate those really hard landings that you can't walk away from...

    By Braddo123 1211047634 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Just a tip, guys ...

    ... it's ALWAYS a bastard trying to land a low drag glider. If you're doing initial experiments on guidance and you're not requiring long flight times you'd be better off with something lower aspect ratio with a decently steep glide angle. Get your guidance systen right on that, then go for the high efficiency, high aspect ratio aircraft.

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