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Dozor-100 UAV has performed its test flight with geophysical equipment onboard

Russian Aviaton » Friday September 23, 2011 18:07 MSK
© Alexey Kondratov

Dozor-100 UAV has performed its test flight with geophysical equipment onboard, ARMS-TASS reports. It has been reported by Cronshtadt technologies, the developer and manufacturer of the UAV.

The flight has been performed on September 21st by the Dozor-100 UAV with a tail number 003.

An algorithm of automatic takeoff and landing has been practiced during the flight. All the systems have been working in a regular mode. The obtained results will allow usage of developed technologies for development of other UAVs with the similar or greater takeoff weight.

The equipment, used during testing, may also be used in geoexploration, oil and gas industry and for monitoring of emergencies.

The payload during test flight was 18 kg (3 kg more than the calculated one).