MAVSTAR Indoor Flight Test

Indoor flight test for MAVSTAR final version. The MAVSTAR is a coaxial helicopter driven by a pair of powerful brushless motors, a 4 cell LiPo Battery and *custom-made carbon fiber blades* (probably the first coaxial helicopter within 30cm sphere in the world uses carbon fiber blades). It carries an AVR MPU, an ultrasonic range finder, an IMU, a GPS, a compass, a wireless camera and a XBee, able to communicate with a base station and UGVs over 1km. The max gross weight and flight time are 455g and 12-14mins respectively. It is designed for indoor and outdoor search and tracking missions by CMR@UNSW. It won "the best UGV performance" in the first US-Asian Demonstration and Assessment of Micro Aerial and Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technologies(MAV08) in India. Website: cmr.mech.unsw.edu.au/mavstar

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[dodoshlodo]

nice work, are u from UNSW??

i think i saw this on the new inventors?

does it have an autopilot? is it a robot? or fully RC controlled?

[Televidente09]

It looks like my blade cx w/o the fuse lol

On another line, some should come up with a coaxial heli able to fly outdoors with some wind (at least a 450 class)

[taoistflyer]

Very Very sweet, well built and good intentions, these small craft are becoming more of a part of our lives every day, good luck in the 08 competition.