The launch of a wind-driven unmanned aircraft

The environmentally-friendly Green Falcon II was developed by Wesam Al Sabban, a graduate student at Queensland University of Technology.

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According to the Al Sabban designer, the Green Falcon II unmanned aerial vehicle uses wind energy to fly like a bird, so it will not emit environmental pollutants and take advantage of wind power to serve all. motion of the plane.

Currently, Al Sabban is studying how birds use wind energy to fly at the least amount of power, as well as developing a system for predicting the intensity of solar energy, combined with the wind direction to establish a flying map. and supply the Green Falcon II.

Al Sabban's UAV model will take another 18 months to complete. However, it has received three awards at the 63rd International Trade Fair iENA, which introduced new innovations around the world held annually in Nuremberg, Germany.

At this trade fair, Al Sabban's invention has to compete with 750 technology products from scientists in 30 other countries to win prizes.

"We are especially interested in green technology and for many years we have seen a number of UAVs based on the simulations of bird activity. However, Al Sabban's model is more successful in the application of civilian and aerospace electronics , "said Dr. Felipe Gonzalez, who works at the Aerospace Automation Research Center Australian flag (ARCAA).

Once completed, the Green Falcon II is capable of supporting power line testing, disaster relief, 3D mining mapping, and many automated scanning applications.

The organizers of iENA hope they will soon find partners to deliver the Green Falcon II design, which will commercialize the new aircraft in 2013.