AURORA (Autonomous Unmanned Roam Over-Range Aircraft)

Updates on these highly efficient long-range drones

Flight Testing Photos and Videos of the "Technology Demonstrator"
Testing of the drone (April 17, 2023)

There were some synchronous issues with the launcher and drone. Hence the drone was hand launched with full throttle speed. However, with full throttle speed the little beast was difficult to control, even though the launch was nailed. Future plans include using around 60% throttle and fine adjustments of various parameters.

Testing of the drone launcher (March 29, 2023)

Initially planned as hand launched, the first drone flight had some issues. A drone launcher was subsequently designed and tested. A few more tweaking needed to be done, before using an actual drone.

First test (March 18, 2023)

The first test was a partial failure and suffered some damages to the technology demonstrator drone. However, certain design and control parameters were met. We are hoping to go for a second test soon, using a launcher.