MAVSTAR (Coaxial MAV) with CCD Camera
Outdoor flight test for MAVSTAR final version with a CCD camera and a 1.2ghz 0.5W transmitter, which can transmit video signal over 1km range in los. 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 current payload and flight time are more than 425g 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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