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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Video: IAI vertical take off Ghost mini-UAV in action

Israel Aerospace Industries will debut its Ghost rotary-wing mini-UAV at the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) show in Washington next week (Hat Tip: Sunlight).
Designed for urban operations, the tandem-rotor Ghost weighs in at 9lb, is capable of automatic vertical take-off and landing, and can fly for up to 30min on two battery-powered rotary electric motors, providing quiet flight for special-operations mission, IAI says.

A system comprising two UAVs, batteries and command, control and communications equipment can be carried in backpacks by two soldiers,The ground control interface is based in computer-gaming principles and requires little training, IAI says.
It looks like a kid's toy with a remote control.

Let's go to the videotape.



The only spec I don't see here is how high it can go. From the video, it looks like 2-3 stories, but it could be higher. And as Sunlight points out in email, if this is what they're selling commercially, imagine what the IDF has. Heh.

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