Southern France-based Aeroart has announced its first product at Le Bourget - a very low cost micro unmanned air system dubbed Featherlite. The company's business development manager Serge Versillé says that the entire system, including control, visual systems and an on-board video camera, costs €7,900 ($11,400).
The Featherlite unmanned air vehicle is 1.2m (4ft) long, has a 1.9m wingspan, weighs 1.5kg (3.3lb), has an electric engine and can carry a 250g payload for between 1h and 1.5h, depending on the weather conditions.
Versillé says the system has a built-in safety factor in that it operates at low speed and is constructed of deformable material - an aerated plastic - so even in the event of collision any damage it would cause would be minor. He predicts customers will buy the Featherlite for training UAV pilots as well as for surveillance work or photography.
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Source: Flight Daily News
