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Above: the InView placed between two cars, giving an idea its size.
Gary setting up one of the camcorders to record all the ground operations and
the test flight. Our approach is to test early and test often, so we have almost
weekly test flights during which specific aspects of either the aircraft,
or a sensor, or both, are put to the test.
The camera in the front section and the units in the avionics bay are easily accessible, as are the
camera units in the rear section behind the main payload bay under the wing.
InView IV-07 view from the left tail fin.
Above: Marcel shields his eyes from the blast of air from the propeller gives a
vivid indication of the power of each four stroke engine.
It's actually quite cold behind the powerful engines of the InView IV-07
during an engine test.
Running the InView IV-07 engines at full power.
Our chief pilot, Marcel, on the left, with aircraft designer and fellow pilot
Grahame, on the right, as InView IV-05 starts its take-off during a Test Flight.
Take-off and landing are always performed manually, using a Futaba Radio Control
transmitter, in this case controlled by Marcel.
Another InView Unmanned Aircraft take off to perform an aerial
photography task. Take-off and landing is always performed manually, with the
capability to switch to autopilot mode to enable the aircraft to fly Beyond Line
of Sight, following a predefined set of GPS waypoints.
InView IV-06 with a small 640 x 480 pixel progressive scan camera mounted on
the tail.
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