Thursday, March 21, 2013

FrankenDrone USV goes where other remote-control watercraft can't

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The FrankenDrone can travel easily in shallow water


If you want to explore places like the shallow, weedy Florida Everglades, do you use a traditional boat with a submerged propeller? Heck no, you use an air boat! You know, one of those things with the big airplane-style propeller on the back – the boat is pushed across the surface of the water, and there are no fragile underwater bits to worry about. Aerospace engineer Larry Friese has taken that same principle, and applied it to his remote-control FrankenDrone USV ... or Unmanned Surface Vehicle. .. Continue Reading FrankenDrone USV goes where other remote-control watercraft can't



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