DelftaCopter

Today was the first day of the Medical Express UAV Challange in Australia. The goal of the challenge is to save outback Joe by retrieving a blood sample from a remote location. The mission will be done fully autonomous including real time object avoidance and landing spot recognition. Some teams…

This morning, the Delftacopter team conducted the first successful drone flight Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) in the Netherlands. Their hybrid biplane Delftacopter drone flew from the Dutch mainland to the island of Schiermonnikoog. Flying BVLOS can extend the application of drones significantly to the deployment of drones for eg medical…

The DelftaCopter II team is proud to announce another successful indoor test flight of its autopilot software. Various improvements have been made to its autopilot software and thus dynamic stability. The dynamic stability of the drone during hover is a key factor when it comes to ascending to cruise altitude and landing at the end of its…

We are happy to announce that the Delftacopter Team passed the first deliverable for the Medical Express UAV Challenge 2018.  The team will prepare the DelftaCopter for its first test flights during the coming weeks.