AV chopper on Foxnews.com

[AZ ChopperCam]

Fox News interviewed a couple of Air Force guys who brought in an RC heli with video capabilities.

they say it's 5lb but it looks heavier than that to me.

They call it a "Condor".

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/images/50_vid_011707_fol_rover.jpg

VIDEO (http://www.foxnews.com/video2/launchPage.html?011707/011707_fol_rover&Eye%20in%20the%20Sky&FOX_Online&%27Rover%27%20system%20revolutionizes%20battlefiel d%20targeting&Technology&-1&Eye%20in%20the%20Sky&Video%20Launch%20Page&News)

[uh60ce]

that's pretty cool stuff there! it's about time they put something like that to work over there where it's needed.

[Load Factor]

I'd hate to see the price tag on that little booger! Although it does look pretty simple.

[uh60ce]

sure would like to know who's building those little buggers.. looked like they might be using vario mechs to me.

[Tabbytabb]

Looked like a logo 14 based ship to me. Has to be something small to be in the 5lb range though. Very cool stuff

Tabb

[uh60ce]

that's a definite posibility too, and it makes sense.. after all an electric would make more sense then a gas heli for something "stealthy" especially for what their using it for. whatever it's based on, its pretty cool!

[MicroMan]

Tabb I thought the same as well but who knows, very cool stuff indeed.

[AZ ChopperCam]

I too was thinking Mikado

[Greg McNair]

Looks like a Vario head on it. 10 in N.O. following Katrina? I'm surprised there wasn't any mention of that on the news.

[uh60ce]

that's what I thought too and why i thought it could be vario based, but the mikado stuff looks similar too.

[DKTek]

Hmmm, a search shows a very different UAV under the USAF Condor UAV. Why would they share names? Anyway, too bad there was no flying videos.

[Brady Longmore]

Yeah, according to a google search I found that the Condor is a fixed wing UAV made by Boeing. :dontknow

that's interesting, cause I know that Craig Shepherd with Whirlybird makes UAVs for the military. The last I had spoken with him, he was using Vario mechanics as a base for his helis. But, the pictures on his website don't match up with what I'm seeing on the video. The pics on the site are a few years old though. hmmm.

[sky high]

It looked like the ball doesn't have a roll axis. This company could have something to do with it. They build all kinds of custom helos.

www.tacticalaerospacegroup.com