You've probably heard of the Predator UAV--its an unmanned aerial surveillance (and attack) vehicle prowling the skies over Afghanistan and presumbably Iraq.
Well, I was doing some research this evening on servo motors (for one of my planes) when I stumbled across this.
It looks like students at the University of Manchester (my father's alma mater, btw) have come up with a class project design of a UAV that can be assembled from off the shelf components. It's got RC components (servos, motor) and you can buy everything except the guidance system off the shelf.
I don't believe they actually built it but I wish I had this sort of project when I was in school.
I guess I'm just a frustrated mad scientist.
Posted by artandscience at September 15, 2004 09:04 PM