UnmannedAerialVehicles

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Costs of UAVs
The cost of commercial unmanned aerial model helicopters and aeroplanes has come down from a few million to $40000. This puts it in reach of the general public.

Operator controlled model helicopter
Modern RF controlled helicopters have a gyro stabilisation system. Attach a helicopter training frame to prevent it tipping over during flight. Use a software defined GNU RadioModems to control the helicopter and get video back on any frequency range. An electronic compass and other sensors relays in realtime the direction, pitch,yaw and speed and altimeter data to an operator who then literally flies the chopper on its instruments. Map out a large area's peaks and valleys and store the GPS coordinates in a database. The GPS coordinates relayed from the model helicopter is then compared in realtime to determine the correct hight.

Thus no complicated UAV operation would be needed, only an experienced model helicopter pilot. With RC simulation software anybody can learn to control a model helicopter. A stable accurate GyroCompass makes remote piloting of any aerial vehicle a possibility. Previously a noisy chip based Gyro had to be used that needed complex KalmanFiltering to extract the X,Y,Z signals. All civilain and military aircraft uses a gyro to allow the pilot to fly the aircraft on its instruments alone. Visually displaying a RC aircraft Pitch,Yaw and Roll on a PC in realtime is trivial to do. And this enables a person to fly the aircraft on its instruments in the exact same manner that you would fly an aircraft on Microsoft Simulator. Fit the RC helicopter with ThermalImagingCameras to scout for people hiding in dense bush.

Civilian use of UAV in Africa
In terms of our legislation aircraft that are experimental may be used in the sky. The moment you sell the aircraft it is not experimental anymore. Some ruse or scheme will have to be used so that the person providing commercial support to our FrontingCompany is not implicated. I am certain you can't just place an advert in the newspaper stating that you are selling a commercial UAV service for R8000/month for example. But if you do it for free on an experimental level then all is cosher.

If Japan can allow UAVs in an ordered regulated fashion then Africa with it's vast airspace can do the same. It is just a matter of approaching the government and getting them to amend the law dealing with commercial deployment of UAVs.

UAV system
Install a ThermalImagingCameras in the nose of an RC helicopter. Connect it to http://rangevideo.com/aerial_video.html aerial vidoe system. See RadioModems. A 14dbi patch antenna maintains a video link with the helicopter as it flies over a farm looking for intruders. VideoGoggles are used by the operator to steer the helicopter and camera in realtime. There are 4 channels available. Use on 2.4ghz transmitter to manipulte the ThermalImagingCameras and the other transmitter to steer helicopter. Flying during the dark will be difficult without some gyro stabilised system.

Controlling the camera
The camera is manipulated using Pan Tilt systems. See RoboTics

* http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=646972 http://www.robotshop.ca/home/products/robot-parts/mechanics/chassis-accessories/lynxmotion-pan-and-tilt-kit-aluminium.html

Farm patrolling in Africa
From http://www.tacticalaerospacegroup.com/border_patrol.html BR Securing national borders against illegal immigration or smuggling, particularly in rugged or desolate areas, requires constant surveillance of known or suspected zones of activity that may measure hundreds of square miles. TAG UAVs can support border patrol operations by providing a highly flexible aerial surveillance capability. With an operating range in excess of 500 miles, TAG UAVs can patrol known zones of activity for extended periods of time. Equipped with a gyro-stabilized EO/IR imaging system, TAG UAVs can effectively monitor areas of interest in darkness, poor weather and rugged terrain, transmitting real-time intelligence to a ground station via datalink. TAG UAVs can also be used as an airborne repeater station to assist communications with patrol units at extreme range.

This is the sort of stuff farmers must organise using a FrontingCompany

Tracking bandits in dense bush
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=355491&sid=REG&ssid= BR Nagpur, Feb 20: Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV) is all set to be deployed in eastern Maharashtra to trace the movements of Naxals, a senior police official of Anti-Naxalite Operation (ANO) said today. The UAV over Naxal-infested Gadchiroli district is likely to be operational sometime next week, said inspector general of police, anti-Naxal operations, Pankaj Gupta. Gupta told reporters that UAV's operation in Chhattisgarh was quite successful and the authorities have received photo and video images both from cameras fitted in the flying machine. It has traced movement of Naxalites near the hilly terrain of Abuzmadd in Bastar district which is a virtual den of the outlawed extremists. The images of Naxal training camps, organised in thick and dense forests in Abuzmadd area of Bastar region of Chhattisgarh are very clear and reveal a lot of things which the official declined to mention.

Los Angeles police department
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200702/kt2007021913453611950.htm BR Right now, the Los Angeles Police Department is operating a Sky Seer to monitor crime within the city. That UAV has an built-in global positioning system and can stay airborne for 70 minutes, flying at 48 kilometers per hour. Each unit costs $25,000-$30,000.

South-Korea UAV to identify faces
Uav used to identify the faces of protestors from http:// ?

UAV communications
http://www.uavfocus.com/uav_components/index_html

Rotomotion
http://www.uavfocus.com/uav_systems/index_html OPensource UAV with Kalman-filters etc. Use GNU software as described under RadioModems to stream video images to base.

Yamaha UAV helicopter
Japan is one of the few countries where civilian use of UAVs flourish due to accomodative legislation. They make extensive use of model helicopters in applying insecticide to crops. For example a helicopter would be able to spray macadamia trees in africa. http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/industrial/sky/solution/index.html

Model helicopters
* http://coolthings.250free.com//other_rc.htm * http://www.sahelicopter.co.za

Track cash in transit vehicles
http://www.aerosonde.com crossed the Atlantic ocean. Use an Aerosonde to track FNB cash in transit vehicles. It would be impossible to escape the UAV as it tracks the transit robbers get-away vehicle.

UAV blogs
* http://www.livingroom.org.au/uavblog/ * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/IIT-K_grads_develop_UAVs/articleshow/1647118.cms

Links
* http://www.uavfocus.com/uav_news/index_html * http://www.u-nav.com * http://www.gfsprojects.co.uk/applications.html * http://www.uavoutbackchallenge.com.au * http://www.tacticalaerospacegroup.com/TAG_uav_product_guide.html * http://www.shephard.co.uk/UVOnline/Default.aspx?Action=-187126550&ID=e2fc1262-9e46-44d4-bec4-723e2c46d539 * http://www.smiths-aerospace.com/Products * http://www.micropilot.com/autopilots.htm * http://www.uavflight.com/Products.htm * http://www.arcturus-uav.com/index.html