25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS2006-1.7S

DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL SMALL UAV EQUIPPED WITH CELLULAR PHONE DATA LINK SYSTEM

D. Kubo, S. Suzuki, T. Kagami*
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan; *Solekia Limited

Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Aircraft Design, Data Link System, Environmental Monitoring

An experimental small UAV, OBK-SkyEye2 is developed to explore the feasibility of small UAVs and the possibility of cellular phone data link system. OBK-SkyEye2 flies autonomously using an autopilot system. Video and telemetry data are sent to ground and command signals are sent to the airframe using the data link.

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