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February 6th 14, 06:38 AM
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February 6th 14, 04:21 PM
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The glider is so far out of position that I'm surprised the tow pilot has
not released him. ....And did you see that little rigging stand? Where was the solo rigging device? "Frank Whiteley" wrote in message ... http://www.aerotechnews.com/news/201...o-uas-air-tow/
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February 6th 14, 09:28 PM
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On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:21:26 -0700, Dan Marotta wrote:
The glider is so far out of position that I'm surprised the tow pilot has not released him. ....but did you notice that the towline attaches to the tug on top of the wing at the CG position? That's SOP on the RC world and I imagine it makes the glider position a lot less critical since it can't jerk the tow plane's tail around. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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February 6th 14, 04:32 PM
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On 06/02/14 06:38, Frank Whiteley wrote:
http://www.aerotechnews.com/news/201...o-uas-air-tow/ Wow. They are behind the curve  Search youtube for combinations of rc/glider/towed and similar, and you will see many many videos of rc enthusiasts doing just that!
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February 6th 14, 09:32 PM
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On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:32:14 +0000, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 06/02/14 06:38, Frank Whiteley wrote: http://www.aerotechnews.com/news/201...-demonstrates- autonomous-uas-to-uas-air-tow/ Wow. They are behind the curve Search youtube for combinations of rc/glider/towed and similar, and you will see many many videos of rc enthusiasts doing just that! I thought that too, until I read the text a bit more carefully. They verified that the UAVs were trimmed correctly, etc by hand flying a tow or two before they did a number of completely autonomous flights. Its just unfortunate that the main picture shows one of the manually flown launches and that they didn't publish any pictures of an antonomous launch. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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February 6th 14, 10:38 PM
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On 06/02/14 21:32, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:32:14 +0000, Tom Gardner wrote: On 06/02/14 06:38, Frank Whiteley wrote: http://www.aerotechnews.com/news/201...-demonstrates- autonomous-uas-to-uas-air-tow/ Wow. They are behind the curve Search youtube for combinations of rc/glider/towed and similar, and you will see many many videos of rc enthusiasts doing just that! I thought that too, until I read the text a bit more carefully. They verified that the UAVs were trimmed correctly, etc by hand flying a tow or two before they did a number of completely autonomous flights. Its just unfortunate that the main picture shows one of the manually flown launches and that they didn't publish any pictures of an antonomous launch. You're right, but you do have to read it carefully to see past all the future tense and "...to evaluate the research pilot's ability to..." The biggest clue is the "autonomous" in the URL!
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February 7th 14, 01:06 AM
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On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 22:38:33 +0000, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 06/02/14 21:32, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:32:14 +0000, Tom Gardner wrote: On 06/02/14 06:38, Frank Whiteley wrote: http://www.aerotechnews.com/news/201...drydens-droid- demonstrates- autonomous-uas-to-uas-air-tow/ Wow. They are behind the curve Search youtube for combinations of rc/glider/towed and similar, and you will see many many videos of rc enthusiasts doing just that! I thought that too, until I read the text a bit more carefully. They verified that the UAVs were trimmed correctly, etc by hand flying a tow or two before they did a number of completely autonomous flights. Its just unfortunate that the main picture shows one of the manually flown launches and that they didn't publish any pictures of an antonomous launch. You're right, but you do have to read it carefully to see past all the future tense and "...to evaluate the research pilot's ability to..." The biggest clue is the "autonomous" in the URL! Yes, you're right: the description is not at all well written. It would have helped a lot if the guy at the next desk had read the text and then helped to rewrite it. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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February 8th 14, 02:31 PM
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Returning for a moment to the 19th century tow hook designs that are on most tugs.
Why does the pilot need to pull the release if the glider kites? Why is the release for a deadly tow position not fully automatic? Is a simple purely mechanical, totally foolproof and 100% automatic release not possible? As the guy in the glider, I would be fine with a 100% automatic release. If I kite, release me immediately.
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February 6th 14, 05:10 PM
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On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:38:00 PM UTC-8, Frank Whiteley wrote:
http://www.aerotechnews.com/news/201...o-uas-air-tow/ And ... they get paid to do this ... Eric Bick
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