UAV Fitting in Carry-on
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UAV Fitting in Carry-on

Swiss UAV manufacturer senseFly has announced at Intergeo 2012 in Hanover, Germany its ultra-lightweight and powerful UAV for the surveying and mining industries: the eBee, combining technology, aerodynamic expertise and innovative design.

The eBee is resistant to high winds yet remains inherently harmless and is transported in a single carry-on luggage-sized box. This product has been designed from the bottom up based on customer’s experience with senseFly’s swinglet CAM UAV. The eBee weighs only 630g. Its optimised aerodynamics and increased efficiency of the powertrain allows the eBee to fly its missions in strong breezes of up to 12m/s (45km/h).

Once on-site, the eBee can be prepared for flight in less than five minutes and launched by hand. After the mission is complete, the eBee uses its ground-sensing technology to perform a linear landing on a preset ground coordinate. All images are then directly processed in the included UAV image processing software powered by Pix4D to high-resolution orthomosaics and DEM.

Along with the eBee, senseFly announces the release of eMotion 2 UAV user interface. It allows to plan and monitor the UAV mission using tools such as automated multiple flight plan generation, up to 10 sources of online maps for mission planning, use of custom maps and import of KML files.

The eBee will be available at the beginning of 2013.

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