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Swiss-built drone makes a spectacular air mail flight across the Alps. From the Centovalli to Wolfenschiessen (NW) in 1 hour and 15 minutes. 98 km in total autonomy and safety.
Thanks to the development of technology and the ability of various professionals it was possible to realize a historical mission, unique in Europe and signed by a Swiss company. The objective was clear: to carry out a special aerofilatelic flight transporting 25 envelopes, stamped, signed and housed on board the drone.
After more than a year of tests, calculations and developments in every field relevant to this enterprise, the drone took off manually from Centovalli on 18 December 2018. The elaborate route also included spectacular passages, particularly along the Basodino glacier, passing through the pass of the Furka and Susten, through the mouth of the Titlis, until reach the landing point in Wolfenschiessen, in the canton of Nidwalden. A journey of 98 km along crests, peaks and spectacular glaciers, without the slightest hitch and from the effective duration 1 hour and 15 minutes, with a remaining autonomy sufficient even to return to the place of take-off.
A dream organized by Damiano Maeder, 30, a professional aircraft surveyor with drones (owner of the company Oblivion Aerial SA of Sant’Antonino – www.oblivion-aerial.ch) and a passionate aeromodellist for 18 years. Damiano has built and programmed a remote control aircraft, with the aim of demonstrating the actual potential of these jewels of technology.
A fascinating technique with incredible precision
For this breathtaking journey an aircraft was built, with a twin-engine fixed-wing model structure, a wingspan of 1.9 m. weighing less than 5.5kg, equipped with GPS tracking and anti-collision systems (FLARM, a Swiss anti-collision system born in 2004).
The sensors and the on-board electronics have allowed a precise monitoring of the battery level, with an accurate piloting and GPS tracking by the autopilot unit. In addition, for the duration of the flight, a team on board a motor-glider has constantly monitored and kept on sight the drone, ensuring the safety of any other aircraft present along the route. For ground safety, instead, a flight path was studied, as short as possible and able to avoid densely populated areas, the proximity of airports and helipads and natural protection areas.
Part of the postal envelopes will be given to the people who have made this venture possible, to national and cantonal political authorities, to the Swiss Post and to the Lucerne Transport Museum, to whom the drone that made the historic flight will be donated.
A successful team for a special “air mail” flight.
With great enthusiasm they contributed to the realization of this fantastic feat: Silvano Tanghetti and Luca Balassi for take-off assistance, Giancarlo Mellini for piloting the motor glider, Luca Triangeli (Aces Air of Sondrio) for monitoring and back-up in flight operations , Andreas Schlapbach (FLARM Technologies) for assistance in the planning and advanced monitoring of the airspace, Dionys Frei (Dedicam GmbH) for assistance with landing, Remo Masina (Team BlackSheep Avionics) for piloting the landing drone , Ferruccio Vicari for programming assistance, Natale Sacchi (Aerofilatelia Voliamo) for philatelic coordination and Andrea Maeder for constant support in all operations.
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That is so cool.
Sick!!
High end👍🏻
one hand pilot 👨✈️
Realidad o un sueño como ellos mismo dicen? Alguien vio la cámara del drone.? Eso sí la avioneta habitual de reparto con la go pro hacer un bonito hiperlapse pero en el que no sale el drone cumpliendo ese sueño.
Would be more impressed if they did it without the chase plane
Awesome 😱
Great achievement! But I am extra sad that you didnt do it with a Mini Talon 😀
Sooooo. You had the vrx in the plane? Um
Ffs I was in French Alps, right near the Swiss Alps. Could have seen this first hand. Got a video of a failsafe in action vs Mountains and a Dam
This a new technology. THIS IS A FUTURE
55% battery used! Nuts! Pixhawk is such a great autopilot! Great flying though!
This is how drug cartels will (if not already) operate lol
Needs a VTOL system, a lot nicer takeoffs and landings and could also deliver in more dense environments – post office buildings are usually in the centre of the town.
Cheers – fantastic build and I appreciate the effort it took to make the flight
niiiiice
Nice work guys and great voyage. So we’re assuming it flew via autopilot for the trip and takeoff and was landed manually?
good thing i didnt jam you guys by accident, ar maybe zug was too far?
Woooow!! Amazing!! Grandi complimenti!!
power for 100km ?????
bel progetto, complimenti.
pretty impressive
solar powered vtx repeaters on the mountain tops then you dont need the plane.
Good job! I like it
Wow what a view!!! Great video!
Once you add in the chase plane you are looking at a pretty penny. Maybe the military can do it for cheaper.
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Швейцарский БПЛА совершил впечатляющий полёт для доставки почты через Альпы. От долины Чентовалли до коммуны Вольфеншиссена за 1 час 15 минут. 98 км полностью безопасного автономного полёта.
Благодаря развитию технологий и деятельности различных специалистов стало возможным реализовать историческую миссию, единственную в Европе и совершённую швейцарской компанией. Задача была ясна: выполнить специальный авиарейс с помощью БПЛА по доставке 25 конвертов с печатями и подписями.
После длившихся более года расчётов и испытаний, беспилотник с помощью ручного старта вылетел из Чентовалли 18 декабря 2018 года. Сложный маршрут включал впечатляющие проходы, особенно вдоль ледника Басодино, проходящего через перевал Фурка и Сустен через устье Титлиса. Посадка произошла в Вольфеншиссене, в кантоне Нидвальден. Путь в 98 км по гребням, пикам и впечатляющим ледникам, без малейших проблем продолжался 1 час 15 минут. После посадки батареи хватило бы даже на обратный полёт.
Мечта была осуществлена 30-летним Дамиано Мэдером, экспертом по беспилотным летательным аппаратам (владелецем компании Oblivion Aerial SA из Сант-Антонио – http://www.oblivion-aerial.ch) и страстным авиамоделистом с 18-летним стажем. Дамиано построил и запрограммировал самолет с дистанционным управлением, чтобы продемонстрировать реальный потенциал этих технологий.
Увлекательная техника с невероятной точностью.
Для этого впечатляющего полета был построен двухмоторный самолет с размахом крыльев 1,9 м и весом менее 5,5 кг, оснащенный GPS и системой предотвращения столкновений (FLARM, швейцарская система предотвращения столкновений, появившаяся в 2004 году).
Датчики и бортовая электроника позволили осуществлять мониторинг заряда батареи, а также точное пилотирование и отслеживание по GPS с помощью блока автопилота.
Кроме того, в течение всего полёта команда моторного планера постоянно следила за беспилотным летательным аппаратом для обеспечения безопасности и предотвращения столкновения с другими воздушными судами. Для обеспечения безопасности была построена максимально короткая траектория полета, позволяющая избежать густонаселенных районов, близости аэропортов, вертолетных площадок, а также заповедников.
Часть почтовых конвертов будет передана людям, сделавшим возможным этот перелёт, а также национальным и региональным властям, Швейцарской почте и Музею транспорта города Люцерна, которому будет передан аппарат, совершивший исторический полёт.
Команда.
С большим энтузиазмом внесли свой вклад в реализацию этого фантастического подвига
Сильвано Тангетти и Лука Баласси — помощь при взлете,
Джанкарло Меллини — пилотирование моторного планера,
Лука Триангели (Aces Air of Sondrio) — мониторинг и резервное управление,
Андреас Шлапбах (FLARM Technologies) — помощь в планировании и мониторинге воздушного пространства,
Диониса Фрея (Dedicam GmbH) — помощь при посадке,
Ремо Масина (Team BlackSheep Avionics) — пилотирование беспилотного самолета,
Ферруччо Викари — помощь в программировании,
Натале Сакки (Aerofiletlia Voliamo) — организация почтовых заверений,
Андреа Маэдер — помощь на всех этапах.
this is incredible !! How do you achieve such a range?
Fucking bad assssss!!! 🙏
that was epic! very cool thats a trophy video
C’est dangereux et inutile ,méme pas un record . Un aeromodele a déjà traversè l’atlantique . Ce genre de vole est interdit en france .
Awesome 😍. Which telemetry did you guys used ? And which vtx ?
impresionante
Too bad it will never be worth it, if you need a chase plane for vlos. Just put more mail all on the chase plane.
Absolutely incredible. Was this autonomous or was there a pilot on the ground, or perhaps on the plane?
Wow. What a trip. I’m surprised that the drone wasn’t disrupted by any updrafts or worse, downdrafts from the mountains.
Cool!
would love to see the realtime footage. slow TV is the thing these days
Why they don’t use e-mail?
fired from Ryanair for smooth landing
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Great video!
sure more expensive than “free-shipping” china airmail post
looks as fake. postal drone have white wing, fpv fly from glider with gray wing
That was amazing if it was truly all autonomous with way points and GPS as AP.
Awesome video! Just a question: the drone was controlled from the airplane right?
Fantastic, great pictures !!! With Crossfire and the right setup, I think that’s no problem flying 50km and more…
a friend o a friend of mine is asking how many kilograms can this apparatus can transport?
Was this flight legal and in full accordance with Swiss Air Navigation legisation?
I can not wait for the new diversity micros receivers hope you guys come up with a hole bunch of new antenna and amazing gps software 🙂 built in BST……. OHHHH love the video cool idea.
It landed right where i life and u made a dream of me to reality
Ehhm, whats the point of this drone when there is a real big plane flying around? Use the big one to deliver your mail. Or it’s going to fly autonomously in the future?
Autonomia??
Не вижу проблем пролететь 100км в одну сторону следую за самолётом на настоящем самолёте;)) если бы он 100км пролетел, сбросил груз в нужную точку и вернулся, еще бы и видео всю дорогу показывал, вот это да, результат. А так посредственность.
Yeah but what song is this?
Why didn’t you just put the mail in the real plane?…..you were going there anyway.
In a plane flying a plane 🤯
NO WAY YOU HAD VIDEO AND CONTROL FROM THAT FAR!!! this flight it just an incredible display of technology
Is it me or some of the footage looks like is a quad flying
Красивые горы)
Next time send an email.
Wait, drone? WTF is a drone? One minute it’s a male bee, the next it’s a rocket, then it’s a Quadcopter, then it’s a person, now it’s a plane. What exactly is this drone bullshit?
Impressive
Weird guy on mountain 2:29
Wow. Just… wow. This is so cool! Well done!
how does it keep the connection to the remote so long?
omfg, this is just awesome
Fantastic. Just what the industry needs. A great positive story, well planned flying showing just where the industry is going. Brilliant.
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Awsome music! Klaus Schulze?
this is by far one of the prettiest FPV captures I’ve seen, that must have been one amazing flight
Modern problems require even modern and overcomplicated solutions.
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☆。I loved the landscape , the footage and the music too !!! 。☆。。
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my qn is what kind of motors are they running and what kind of battery? and what chip are they using as a transmitter
I guess if they allow full auto, it could make a regular route, maybe with replaceable pack and a spare held at each end if a faster turnaround was wanted.
it said: SEND NUDES in the letters
А как он управлялся? Если это был не автономный полет, то не понятно
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Hang on. Why not just fly right over the mountains instead of weaving between them?
Is that a legal restriction? A technical limitation? Or are you showing off your ability to do it at all? Is this a “special sauce” that you’re marketing?
Is the plane finding this weaving path in real time? Or rather, is this all pre-calculated from topographic data in advance?
Took her longer to press that stamp then to deliver the damn letteer
Interesting. Do you have a route system that plans routes according to wind?
So close above the mountains 🏔
Was it automatic? And if so, then it was well done 👍🏼
big deal…
why don´t you use, the plane that you wore fallowing it? It could carry a lot more mail…
when you come up, with a drone system that can travel from A to B, taking off with the A transmitter, and be landed with the B transmitter at arrival , I would surprised.
the only thing you´ll need, it´s a receiver, that can be bind to a two radio transmitters simultaneously, and the rest, already exists.
Any cheap flight controller, with a GPS module, way-points, and a good lithium ion battery with a reasonable discharge capacity, would do the job.
just need a pilot to take off, and another one at arrive to land it safely.
that would be revolutionary, with real applications…
maybe cloning two transmitters, would cheat the receiver…
What you guys are doing is really awesome!
should of just sent an email
Illegal!! Stop m8 did you have any approval by BAZL(FOCA) if not you have to stop it its not allowed to fly drones/rc planes if you dont have the possibility to see and steer it. Because its dangerous you can fly into the way of other planes fly in VFR and you can damage them like it happened already in the canton of tessin where a helicopter bladed was hitted by a drone….pretty expensive for the owner of this drone…
copy that Obsidian FPV wow, just WOW!
I would have put nose up to gain more altitude not turn when mountain top approached!
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zipLine is better. look it up (drone mail company in rowanda)
2:20 was incredible
Cool. The video from the drone was rockin! I watched on my big screen, made me cringe a couple times.😎
Niiicceee)) Please send me mail to the city of Beslan 😁
What aircraft did the people flying the drone fly the drone in?
They managed to do more than amazon did. Well done :p
Couldn’t you connect 4g to the drone and have solar panels?
Very nice
HOW THE FUCK DOES IT HAVE SO MUCH RANGE!!!???
Wow cool shots! I can’t wait to get back to Europe again with my Mavic Pro 2 and DSLR and film some more videos! 😀
*now do this from fixed ground station, of 100km flight distance, too expensive to fly real pilot time 👨🏻✈️ airplane with such rc functionality just for delivery🤷🏻♂️*