We proudly announce that Civil Aviation Agency of Slovenia has extended the authorization for flying Bramor UAV in our test area in Slovenia. The flights will be conducted at the site of “Vetrno polje” near city of Vipava (45°49’46.77”N; 13°57’10.58”E) in the period between 13.05.2011 and 13.5.2012 under the VFR rules. Flying is permitted within radius of 1,5Nm and maximum altitude 700m AGL forming total flying area 10,7km2. C-Astral is required to send the announcement of each flight 24 hours prior to the beginning in international NOTAM office.
Our team successfully tested new product, C-Astral Pneumatic Catapult. Catapult was developed for UAV launching in extreme weather conditions and sub zero temperatures (up to -20 ° C). Catapult is able to launch more than 10kg’s (MTOW) and still maintain proper T⁄O speeds. It’s fully portable - thanks to its modular design, powered by small 12V battery and ready in less than 10 minutes including air compressor’s inflating time.
In the beginning of March, Bramor system was successfully presented to the Italian airforce at the Furbara Air force base. A day after another successful presentation followed on a private airfield north of Rome for our future civil costumer. Despite the bad weather we were able to perform 4 flights with total flight time of 2h. At this point, we would like to thank Eurolink Systems for the organization of above-mentioned presentations and we are already looking forward to further ventures.