Lehmann Aviation drones
Lehmann Aviation LA100 is a fully automatic lightweight small UAV launched by Lehmann Aviation Ltd, the French manufacturer of leightweight versatile UAS, in November 2012.
The LA100 is a totally autonomous «drone». It was designed to be used by people even without any piloting background. It works with GoPro camera and enables to capture professional quality aerial images and video. Financial Times called the LA100 "a personal “drone” that will carry camcorders into the sky to capture aerial footage"[1]
The LA100 follows a pre-programmed flight path. The operational procedure implies mounting GoPro camera on the wing (GoPro Hero, Hero2, Hero 3 for oblique images or Hero3 for vertical images), switching the engine on by reclining the aircraft and launching it by hand. The LA100 captures footage from a height of 100 meters for 4min30sec and then comes back to the launch site with HD aerial photos or videos on the SD card.[2]
“With our UAVs, we want to bring to people the opportunity to have a better understanding of the Earth. LA100 is like aerial binoculars,” Benjamin Lehmann told to MIT Technology Review.[3]
The LA100 introduces Lehmann Aviation L-A series of fully automatic civil SUAV which differs from Lehmann Aviation L-M series of aircraft that can be controlled from the ground (LP960, LM450, LV580).
The LA100 has become world's first totally autonomous micro civil UAV enabling amateurs to take high-quality aerial images.
SPECIFICATIONS:
| Specifications | LA100 |
|---|---|
| Range (m) | Up to 300 |
| Endurance (min) | 4.5 |
| Weight (gr) | 850 |
| Wingspan (cm) | 92 |
| Wind capabilities (km/h) | Up to 35 |
| Temperature conditions (°C) | from –25 to +60 |
| Launch | Hand launch |
| Landing | Independent (no parachute) |
| Control | Fully autonomous flight |
| Flight path | Pre-programmed |
Notes
- ^ Robbins, Tom. "La Chapelle Vendômoise". Tom Robbins. Retrieved 1 FEB 2013.
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