Year: 2006.
Project type: Private R+D project.
Participants: 2 Enterprises.
In 2006 we decided to complement the CATUAV electric propulsion fleet with a new model with greater load capacity and longer autonomy. The FUROS, with an endurance of 6 hours and a payload of 5 kg (fuel included), achieved its objectives. We used this fuel powered platform to develop and test our own long distance telemetry, video link and control mission software. We learned a lot with this project, it served to gain experience in the use of benzin engines and to improve the software and the avionics. The lack of reliability of the Zenoah G26 and the need for more room inside the fuselage led us to design the ARGOS in 2008.
The aerial image of the FUROS that illustrates this text was obtained from an ultralight aircraft flying in close formation with de drone. Better not to ask what the aeronautical authorities would think about this type of flight today!