Foldable wing aircraft

The Transition sport aircraft design from Terrafugia promises to take away a lot of hassles faced by modern day pilots. The aircraft named The Transition is a design that provides the convenience of being able to fold the wings, driving on any of the surface road. So, from the confines of the cockpit, one can easily stow away the wings while the aircraft is on the road and deploy the same for the flight is all done on a click of a button thus, giving solution to the issues faced by pilots like uncertain weather, rising costs etc.

Quite an innovative product one must say!

Draganflyer X4 Helicopter: Latest Ultra Portable, VTOL UAV

The latest UAV helicopter, the Draganflyer has been added to the UAV family . Several hundred hours of developmentH has went into its design, bringing about this sleek, sophisticated UAV. The Draganflyer X4 features much of the same technology as the earlier Draganflyer X6, but can be purchased at a fraction of the cost. Designed for commercial, government, and military applications, the Draganflyer X4 provides affordable aerial photographs and video surveillance.

Diverging from our larger 6 rotor design, the Draganflyer X4 features the same quad rotor design used by our older helicopters. Four brushless motors independently drive four carbon fiber rotor blades, all controlled by an advanced flight computer.

he flight computer uses SteadyFlight technology to process the inputs of seven individual sensors, including:

• A barometric pressure sensor

• Three accelerometers

• Three gyroscopes

The flight computer reads sensor outputs and precisely determines the motor outputs required to keep the helicopter flying straight and level. If selected by the pilot, the barometric pressure sensor is used by the helicopter to maintain altitude. Properly trimmed and balanced, the helicopter will hold its position in the air allowing you to get excellent aerial photographs and video.

Four different cameras have been customized to work with our UAV, including:

• A 12.1 MP digital still and video camera

• A micro color video camera

• low-light black and white video camera

• A FLIR (Forward Looking Infra Red) video camera

All of these cameras transmit wireless video via a 5.8 GHz transmitter built into the mount. Wireless video can be received using either the handheld controller (which includes its own flat patch video antenna) or the optional base station. Video glasses plug directly into the handheld transmitter, allowing you to see what the helicopter is seeing and get perfectly aimed aerial photographs and video. The optional base station is compatible with any modern PC running Windows and features three standard RCA output jacks. This allows you to use your own recording equipment with the cameras or even re-transmit the video stream if needed.

Because all wireless communication is subject to interference, all of our cameras now feature a built-in DVR that records a pristine, interference-free copy of your aerial video to an SD card. After you finish flying, plug the SD card into your computer and edit the video using the software of your choice. Each camera also features a custom designed mount with a remote tilt feature. Designed to give you the best quality video possible, each camera mount features balanced, oil-filled shock absorbers. The shock absorbers keep the recorded video free from vibration, guaranteeing that you get the best possible results.

First solar-powered airplane enters the world aviation

Solar powered plane

The HB-SIA is the very first aircraft of its kind, designed to fly entirely on solar energy. In a world dominated by fossil fuels, the Solar Impulse project aims to demonstrate the potential of renewable energy as an alternative energy source for the future.designed to fly night and day without fuel or pollution.

Unveiled as the prototype of the world’s first solar-powered airplane by Bertrand Picard and André Borschberg in switzerland , Its first solar-powered flight around the world is already set to take place in 2012, making aeronautical history.

Fruit of years of work and research

The Solar Impulse HB-SIA is the result of years of research, studies, calculations and simulations. The plane boasts a wingspan of 63 meters able to carry up to 12,000 solar cells on its wings. The solar panels will power the four electric motors located in the aircraft and will charge the lithium-polymer batteries that will allow the plane to fly at night.

The HB-SIA’s mission is to check working hypotheses and to validate the selection of technologies and construction processes. If all goes according to plan the aircraft will take to the skies for a period of 36 hours next year, all without neither fuel nor pollution.

“Addressing this challenge is only possible by taking the maximum benefit of solar energy. Every watt counts, and all forms of saving energy are being looked into. Only the most sophisticated will allow it. We believe to have found them by comparing the experiences of each member of the team and by adding their potential,” said Borschberg.

The size of an airplane, the power of a scooter

The plane has the wingspan of an Airbus A340, which provides a surface for maximum solar cells. Also, the HB-SIA weighs no more than a car and has the power of a scooter. As a result, its engineers have needed to develop a completely new type of airplane with completely different characteristics.

Emirates owns the first Airbus A380 for its airliner

The first Airbus A380 aircraft made delivered to Emirates Airline in Hamburg, Germany. The first customer A380 powered by Engine Alliance engines, was presented to Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline and Group,

Emirates unveiled its exclusive, spacious and luxurious cabin, featuring 489 seats (14 first class suites, 76 business and 399 economy). For added passenger relaxation, innovative ceiling mood lighting throughout creates a calming starry night sky effect. Fulfilling the A380 dream has required vision, innovation, a lot of courage and determination. Emirates shared in this vision early on and today the result is the world’s most modern, innovative and eco-efficient aircraft ever built. The A380 is changing the way people travel. Airbus is proud of all the engineers, staff and customers such as Emirates who have made the A380 a magnificent realityhe aircraft’s efficiency and advanced technologies result in higher operational flexibility and outstanding economics, with a range of more than 15,000 km and seat-mile costs 20 per cent lower than its closest competitor.

The A380 will take-off for the United Arab Emirates on July 29, arriving at Dubai International Airport in the afternoon. Emiratesand the first A380 commercial service is on August 1^st between Dubai and New York, USA. Currently Emirates Airline has 50 Airbus aircraft in its fleet.

The A380 will take-off for the United Arab Emirates on July 29, arriving at Dubai International Airport in the afternoon. Emirates’ first A380 commercial service is on August 1^st between Dubai and New York, USA. Currently Emirates Airline has 50 Airbus aircraft in its fleet.

To date, total orders and commitments for the A380 stand at 202 aircraft from 17 customers.