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Autopilot – field tests

Tests of the autopilot system that is being developed from scratch by members of MelAvio team more.  

Successful dusk flights!

Looks good, right?

Deliverable 2: Decision Go

We are pleased to inform, that we got a Go decision, after submitting Deliverable 2 documentation. It means that we are one step closer towards our start in UAV Outback Challenge. After Deliverable 1, there were 74 teams in play, now only 28 teams are still left in competition. We are the only Polish team, …

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M6 Barakuda – tests

We proudly present first public photos of M6!  

Avionic Sp. Jawna B. Kawik, L.Mateuszek has become our official sponsor.

We are glad to inform that Avionics Sp. Jawna B.Kawik, L.Mateuszek has become our official sponsor. Thanks to its support we obtained a transport box for safe and easy transport of our aircraft to airfields as well as to UAV Outback Challenge competition.

12th CNS Solutions Conference

On October 23rd MelAvio team participated in 12th CNS Solutions Conference. Thanks to the hosts, we presented our projects and the way we use SolidWorks in drone design. We have also shown our booth where many of construction built in Melavio were presented. test

85th anniversary of parachute production in Poland

On October 1st, Melavio team participated in 85th anniversary of parachute production in Poland organised by Air-Pol company. We presented our constructions – The Shark, Quad Tiltrotor and we performed a test flight of hexacopter.

Institute of Aviation has become MelAvio’s sponsor.

We are glad to inform that the Institute of Aviation has become our official sponsor. It will support us with part of funds needed for the development and construction of MelAvio’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle M-6 prototype which goal is to take part in UAV Outback Challenge competition.

Altium Designer PCB training with Altium and Evatronix.

Thanks to MelAvio’s sponsors – Evatronix and Altium companies, MelAvio members took part in a training that covered designing PCBs using Altium Designer Software. Workshops took place on 17-19 July and helped to expand MelAvio’s capabilities related to electronics design. It is worth to remember that MelAvio is officially using Altium products for electronics development.

QuadTiltRotor propulsion test

On 26th of July we have successfully conducted tests of propulsion tilting mechanism for MelAvio’s QuadTiltRotor project. Tests have shown that our computations related to vibrations and deformations were correct. It helped to prove that the designed mechanism has meet previously stated objectives.