Roswell Flight Test Crew

In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Lina Pineros, the director of operations for U.S. Drone Soccer. The sport, which originated in South Korea, helps high school and college students develop technical and flight skills through an e-sports competition. Each team consists of five pilots assigned a specific role, such as the striker – the only participant able to score goals – as well as a forward, sweepers and defense. Individual rounds last for three frenetic minutes, with a brief break to swap batteries and effect repairs to damaged aircraft before resuming play. Three rounds constitutes a match, with the winner determined by cumulative score.

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Obviously, this video has been significantly delayed in its release. You have my apology for that, but I have been busy with several other projects – some of which must remain shrouded in mystery for the moment. However, here is one of them: https://a.co/d/aQnTS13, a coloring book for children entitled “DRONES: HOW THEY FLY” featuring Raven and Little Bird. Check it out! Now, on with the show!

In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Ankit Mehta, the CEO of ideaForge technology. The company has developed a multirotor-embed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone for military applications – specifically in the country’s home nation of India. Lightweight and rugged, the aircraft is made of resilient foam to make sure it can withstand the rigors of real-world deployments. It carries a sensor ball equipped with visible light and thermal imaging cameras designed for maximum stand-off, ensuring that its military users are able to observe potential hostiles without being detected.

Hey, Crew!

Obviously, this video has been significantly delayed in its release. You have my apology for that, but I have been busy with several other projects – some of which must remain shrouded in mystery for the moment. However, here is one of them: https://a.co/d/aQnTS13, a coloring book for children entitled “DRONES: HOW THEY FLY” featuring Raven and Little Bird. Check it out! Now, on with the show!

In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Aaron Zhang, the CEO of A2Z Drone Delivery. The company manufactures a system that can be connected to any multirotor drone with sufficient carrying capacity, converting it into a delivery platform that can drop off up to a 22-pound package with a tether that detaches automatically when it makes contact with the ground. The company sees its primary market, at least initially, in the fields of industrial logistics: moving high-value cargo across relatively short distances, such as at a factory or port.

Hey, Crew!

Obviously, this video has been significantly delayed in its release. You have my apology for that, but I have been busy with several other projects – some of which must remain shrouded in mystery for the moment. However, here is one of them: https://a.co/d/aQnTS13, a coloring book for children entitled “DRONES: HOW THEY FLY” featuring Raven and Little Bird. Check it out! Now, on with the show!

In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Kyle Bishop, the CEO of Zephyr Drone Simulator about his company’s product: a simulator built for large-scale and enterprise drone training. It incorporates a learning management system (LMS) that records all flights activities. The software covers the fundamentals, such as basic maneuvers to complex scenarios such as public safety and inspection operations, as well as the open test lane developed by the National Institute of Standards and Training (NIST) and employed in applications like the Basis Proficiency Evaluation for Remote Pilots (BPERP). It also includes a range of different aircraft from several major manufacturers.

Hey, Crew!

Obviously, this video has been significantly delayed in its release. You have my apology for that, but I have been busy with several other projects – some of which must remain shrouded in mystery for the moment. However, here is one of them: https://a.co/d/aQnTS13, a coloring book for children entitled “DRONES: HOW THEY FLY” featuring Raven and Little Bird. Check it out! Now, on with the show!

In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speak with Zacc Dukowitz, senior communications manager at Flyability about the company’s Elios 3 confined-space inspection drone. Unlike virtually every other commercial drone in service today, the Elios 3 does not incorporate either a GPS receiver or a compass, but navigates in GPS denied environments using Simultaneously Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology. In addition to visible light and thermal cameras, the Elios 3 incorporates a LiDAR sensor, enabling it to create precise maps of tunnels, caves, utility vaults and other dangerous, confined-space environments.

Hey, Crew!

Obviously, this video has been significantly delayed in its release. You have my apology for that, but I have been busy with several other projects – some of which must remain shrouded in mystery for the moment. However, here is one of them: https://a.co/d/aQnTS13, a coloring book for children entitled “DRONES: HOW THEY FLY” featuring Raven and Little Bird. Check it out! Now, on with the show!

In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Armen Kueleyan, sales and marketing director for Drone Delivery Canada. He discusses the Condor delivery drone, which has been adapted from a full-sized, crewed helicopter. It is capable of carrying 400 pounds at 75 MPH for 125 miles using a two-stroke, gasoline powered engine. The initial use case is the delivery of supplies to remote natural resource extraction sites across the northern reaches of Canada. The aircraft is controlled from a command center using the company’s FLYTE software package.

Hey, Crew!

Obviously, this video has been significantly delayed in its release. You have my apology for that, but I have been busy with several other projects – some of which must remain shrouded in mystery for the moment. However, here is one of them: https://a.co/d/aQnTS13, a coloring book for children entitled “DRONES: HOW THEY FLY” featuring Raven and Little Bird. Check it out! Now, on with the show!

In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Gary Licquia, regional manager for AgEagle Aerial Systems about the eBee TAC: a foam airplane – believe it or not – developed specifically for military and special forces applications. Unlike most military UAS, it has not been developed for real-time surveillance and reconnaissance, but rather to conduct orthomosaic mapping, much like the civilian version of the eBee. The value to military users is that these maps can be constructed quickly, in the field, and do not constitute classified data – so they can be readily shared even across open networks, to ensure warfighters get the information they need without security risks.

Hey, Crew!

Obviously, this video has been significantly delayed in its release. You have my apology for that, but I have been busy with several other projects – some of which must remain shrouded in mystery for the moment. However, here is one of them: https://a.co/d/aQnTS13, a coloring book for children entitled “DRONES: HOW THEY FLY” featuring Raven and Little Bird. Check it out! Now, on with the show!

In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Kelly Brodbeck, UAS Product Manager at Teledyne-FLIR about the company’s first in-house drone: SIRAS, developed for firefighters and other public safety officials who need a rugged and secure aerial imaging solution. The aircraft has an IP54 rating, no geofencing and zero Internet connectivity required to fly or even to update its firmware. This feature has been developed to ensure that the user’s data remains private and secure. Capable of flying for 31 minutes, it incorporates both visible light and thermal cameras on an interchangeable payload as well as radar for collision avoidance.

At the 2022 AUVSI Xponential Show in Orlando, Florida, DroneTech UAV introduced its AV2 Pelican delivery drone, which has been optimize for the maritime environment. With two separate gasoline motors, which can also be powered by heavy fuel, the AV2 Pelican is available in two configurations. The first incorporates an embedded multirotor for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability, while the other flies exclusively as a fixed-wing platform. With multiple redundant systems, the AV2 can deliver a 10 pound payload to a ship sailing at speeds up to 30 knots.

Teledyne-FLIR introduced its new Hadron 640R integration module at the 2022 AUVSI Xponential Show in Orlando. The unit includes a radiometric thermal camera with a resolution of 640x512 pixels, paired with a visible light camera capable of capturing 64 megapixel still images. The unit is intended to be sold to robotics and drone manufacturers, to be integrated into their platforms. Weighing just 56 grams, it is compatible with and includes drivers to interface with the Nvidia Jetson Nano, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and the Snapdragon RB5.