Wayne ,
UAV's aren't that interesting. The control/nav/autopilot systems are
essentially off the shelf, the airframes/power systems are standard
model aircraft to full size aero engineeering. Nothing all that
exciting. Even the sensors are mostly existing technology.
One of the big barriers to more widespread use is the inability to
routinely operate outside controlled airspace as they cannot at
present see other traffic. There's a fair bit of work going on on
this. The up side is that there may eventually be traffic warning
systems that don't depend on co-operative targets(ones equipped with
some sort of beacon).
Mike
At 10:23 PM 16/06/2009, you wrote:
I hate UAVs, don't get me started.
If we have one, they need one, right?
If they have one and we fight, it will shoot everything that looks like
ours, right?
That means us glider folks, too -right?
Wayne Carter
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