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Ultra-Light Micro Air Vehicles

Posted by samzenpus on from the eye-in-the-sky dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Dutch engineers have built the third generation of the DelFly autonomous air vehicle. The DelFly Micro made its first public flight earlier today in Delft. This micro air vehicle weighs only 3 grams and has a wingspan of 10 centimeters. This very small remote-controlled aircraft carries a 0.4 gram camera. The DelFly Micro, which looks like a dragonfly, can fly for 3 minutes at a maximum speed of 5 meters/second. It could be used for observation flights in difficult-to-reach or dangerous areas."

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  1. Video link: by Sporkus · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's a video of the DelFly Micro in action here. It takes flight about a minute and a half in.

    1. Re:Video link: by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Informative

      There is an assortment of additional video links on this page

      http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=1468ded9-96cb-47dd-aed3-da0a70a34813&lang=en

      Its like they are catering for everyone, because each link has a different format.

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