I left off an important detail and I know that makes all the difference. I was talking about using UAV's for development of homebuilt experimental aircraft, where the FAA FAR's aren't as stringent.
I have read through the FAR's for the aircraft class I wrote about. The testing is...stringent...
Ok, what are the main differences? Between a small 1-4 person subsonic manned aircraft and a small UAV, the differences aren't that big. And not all the UAV's would have to start at 1 kg, just the first two. I'm not talking about going from UAV's to airliners or supersonic jets, that'll require...
One idea I want to try out for training new engineers is putting them through a couple small (under 1 kg total mass) UAV development projects. Since they are small its cheap to get started on, and most of the physics and processes are similar for larger manned aircraft. Three or four full...
This is a problem me and my company have been struggling with for sometime now. The people who interview with us, especially straight out of school, lack the experience in taking a full aircraft design through from requirements to delivery (like a small 1 pound UAV) . I know for most schools...
