Electric motors do not create excessive vibrations and thus cause large stabilization requirements for mounts carrying sensitive videography and monitoring equipment.
The Aggressor II uses electric batteries that are easy on the operator and do not require purchasing and storing messy and expensive fuels. The included battery re-charging stations offer yearly usage costs that compared to a fuel system is pennies a year.
The patent pending ‘quick’ release mechanisms for battery connections offers a minimal down time (less than 30 seconds) to swap out batteries and get flying again.
Electric motors operate with far less noise and motion for ‘stealthy’ operations during video and camera usage.
The Aggressor II is designed to be the ‘workhorse’ for professionals in many industries. The Carbon Fiber Chassis has been specifically designed to handle the autopilot coordinated speed of up to 50 mph (ground speed) and includes a full function ‘Black Box’ with all major elements from each flight: Velocity, Operator Inputs, Pitch, Yaw, and other core system functions.
The Aggressor platform has the ability to fly up to 45 minutes* with normal payloads. This maximizes time of missions and the all important air time.
The Aggressor II can also operate up to 12,000 ft if necessary, with a governed flight ceiling of 400 ft for FAA regulations.
The Aggressor II uses the best aviation quality parts and machining. This means longer flight times with less maintenance down time and a lower cost of total operations.
Accidents happen, but they don’t have to be catastrophic. The Aggressor II is designed and built to minimize issues after a crash, and last longer so you can do your job.
The Aggressor II has the ability to allow front mounted payloads or mid-ship payloads. The configuration allows for different uses. Also, we offer a full 360 pan, tilt and turn gimbal for camera payloads
Because of the patent pending design, the Aggressor II has the ability to carry much more than a few hundreds of grams of payload, the Aggressor can carry up to 15 lbs of payload.
Multiple camera options allow for flexible videography, including: Nikon Digital cameras, HD Video, and FLIR Infrared options. These are pre-packaged and ready to use and with the optional base station can be pre-programmed for video missions.
The Aggressor II’s patent pending design allows for rapid deployment with full autopilot with a simple R/C remote control. This allows ‘First Responders’ to get in the air with precious cargo quickly. Since there is no annoying base station laptop boot-up, just plug in the batteries and go.
All elements of the Aggressor II have ‘quick-connect’ elements to let you swap out batteries and cargo quickly to get you back on the job.
Optional Pelican cases for controllers, base stations, chargers and helicopters insure that your cargo is secure and maximizes longevity and usage.
The Aggressor II has the ability to allow ‘Novice’ flyers the same capability of autonomous flight with automated take off, managed ascents and descents, GPS managed hovering, and auto landing as experienced RC pilots all from an R/C controller. This feature minimizes training and maximizes the use of the helicopter job capability.
The full featured Ground Control Station Software allows pilots the ability to complete fully autonomous missions or combine the R/C controller and Laptop usage that allows for simple ‘Missions’ with waypoint management and integration with camera payloads. This allows for simple and easy complex missions that can include multiple pilots and camera payload users.
The included GPS monitoring systems and integrated Autopilot offers the ultimate in safety with the ‘Home’ mode. If the Aggressor II control units (R/C unit or Laptop) lose power or the Aggressor II becomes out of range for any reason, the helicopter returns to a pre-determined GPS point, hovers for 1 minute and then auto-lands and shuts down all rotors.
The Aggressor II has a total dry weight of approximately 21 lbs and offers a stable foul weather flying platform. Winds have been clocked at over 35 MPH with the Aggressor II performing its duties. We don’t recommend flying in harsh weather, but our customers demand it.
Most UAV’s need to be operated in a time of ‘need’, not for fun or convenience. The Aggressor II is designed to operate in the harshest of weather including temperatures from -20 degree F and in snowy climates to temperatures in excess of 100 F with full autopilot.
Flying in high altitude (above 5,300 ft of Altitude) requires increased thrust and stability. We have designed the Aggressor II to create 6,000 watts of main rotor thrust to handle any situation regardless of altitude.
Because there are no fuel based motors, there is no fuel freezing or engine carburetors to tune, as experienced in harsh weather zones. Also, motor based ‘Exhaust’ systems can create operations headaches with overheating and large temperature swings that effect extremely sensitive camera payloads in harsh weather conditions.
