Condor Aerial Looking for UAV Pilots

[crazyivan]

Good luck Condor, I imagine the scene in goodfellas where the choppa is chasing Ray Liotta.

[Oddball-CAF]

Personally, I'm wonderin' why this post wasn't started or moved to the O'Club where
it belongs.

[VonMessa]

[Sonicblu]

It looks like you have a flight time of maybe 15 minutes depending on payload.  It just doesn't seem like much time aloft. How close are you to getting unit with more aloft time?

[Traveler]

Here is what we know about FAA involvement. The FAA wants everyone (UAV Pilots) to have a COA (certificate of airworthiness) and over the last 10 years have only approved 15.

Certificate of Airworthiness on pilots?  The only thing I know that has a Certificate of Airworthiness is the aircraft, not the pilot.  As a rule pilots are only allowed to fly aircraft that have a current airworthiness certificate.  Which is keep valid by complying with the annual inspection rule.

[COndor06]

First off, I want to say thank you to Hitech for allowing me to recruit some pilots. It was with his kind permission I was able to post this information and discuss what we are doing and share our website. He was most kind to allow us this thread as an information base.

The COA I was talking about is for the aircraft. Sorry I didn't make that clear.

The flight time on the electric unit is 15 minutes. When you are searching a grid for someone with the FLIR system it only takes about 5 minutes to go up and search a couple square miles, then we move to the next grid. We do have a helicopter with the same flight system good for 2 hours and we have a new quad coming out next month that is a 4 stroke gas with 2 hours flight time.

[VonMessa]

I am forced to admit that, once the initial investment in capital is recouped, the savings should be fairly marked with regard to fuel, personnel, equipment maintenance, etc

Also, I can't imagine how much this will cut down on scramble time, especially when precious moments count such as in a rescue situation.

I don't fear the new technology, just the manner in which some will be tempted to use it.

[TUK]

Hello Condor. I am a seasoned Rc operator. I have currently 8 electric operational planes/heli's in my stable.  Been flying rc aircraft for the last ten years.
My AMA membership is up to date and I would like you to pm me all  the info you have please.  Thanks  TUK151 (Retired AH player).