Eye In The Sky: 40 Pounds of Amazing Aircraft

Launched using a portable catapult and captured by a hook when its mission is over, the Scan Eagle is 40 pounds of amazing aircraft. The plane and its payloads are tested at a Navy Research Lab in China Lake.
Flying all day on just a little gas and remotely controlled by mouse clicks, the unmanned aerial vehicle returns live video that helps keep Navy and Marine units safe in the field.
“It keeps the human away from the danger,” says T.J. Zacman, an aircraft engineer. “You can fly down to 1,000 feet and not worry about getting shot down.”
CONCEPTS EXPLORED:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
RELATED LINKS:
Department of Defense UAV site: ( www.defenselink.mil/specials/u... )
MILITARY BRANCH:
Navy

Пікірлер: 73

  • @CRAFT7445
    @CRAFT74454 жыл бұрын

    Drop the music. I could barely hear the interviewees.

  • @Maksim-Galkin
    @Maksim-Galkin4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing !

  • @bentfpv
    @bentfpv4 жыл бұрын

    Futaba T9C transmitter on the desk there! :-)

  • @lq1044
    @lq10444 жыл бұрын

    I have the same Futaba T9C radio back in 2010. I bet those UAVs have Desert Aircraft engines just like most of my large scale model airplanes. Desert Aircraft sell engines with Walbro carburators for hobbyists. They have the same engines fitted with fuel injection system (for higher altitude) that they only sell to the military.

  • @v.gedace1519

    @v.gedace1519

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, seems we are doing something wrong ... we should build "the new military generation UAV´s". New feature would be 4K video ... We sell each UAV for only $ 560,385! Really cheap for military stuff!

  • @zuenpin
    @zuenpin4 жыл бұрын

    very good ^Q^

  • @bobobobo3142
    @bobobobo31422 жыл бұрын

    I have one of these, where I can find that catapult?

  • @woot_tech
    @woot_tech2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing bird indeed

  • @JustinWolfs0n
    @JustinWolfs0n4 жыл бұрын

    Whats the bind procedure for one of these bad bois?

  • @linecraftman3907

    @linecraftman3907

    4 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @districtfpv6394
    @districtfpv63943 жыл бұрын

    That cool to make hobby rc and the flightime so long

  • @terradrive
    @terradrive4 жыл бұрын

    watching this as my country recently got few of these from usa to check on what china's doing on spratly islands

  • @Wingman4l7

    @Wingman4l7

    4 жыл бұрын

    You don't need a UAV to tell you that it's nothing good.

  • @terradrive

    @terradrive

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wingman4l7 you need an UAV to stay up to date, or do you like to go blind wothout getting any information?

  • @johncitizen5377
    @johncitizen5377 Жыл бұрын

    It's got it's work cut out with consumer grade Drones (Mavic 3.). I think where this thing has the edge is that it can stay airborne for the entire battle monitoring that battle and providing encrypted communications relay with battle controllers. It doesn't really matter if it gets shot down because apart from the software, the hardware would not be protected technology.

  • @kogibankole
    @kogibankole7 жыл бұрын

    he looks like an rc guy lol

  • @v.gedace1519

    @v.gedace1519

    3 жыл бұрын

    He is such a guy!

  • @shockme156

    @shockme156

    3 жыл бұрын

    Indeed

  • @yogeshforever
    @yogeshforever4 жыл бұрын

    Any plans for this Plane to make it into RC Plane????

  • @jessejames5825

    @jessejames5825

    3 жыл бұрын

    LOL It already is.

  • @kareem5655
    @kareem56553 жыл бұрын

    What i should do in college to be able to make this

  • @jacobdavidcunningham1440
    @jacobdavidcunningham14404 жыл бұрын

    2:11 man is that really a ribbon cable lol accidentally cut it

  • @crashercrasher9696
    @crashercrasher96962 жыл бұрын

    Philippines have 5 brand new units of these all donated by u.s.a

  • @kasunchamara7497
    @kasunchamara74974 жыл бұрын

    Propulsion System....??? Turbine Engine Or Small Piston Engine ??

  • @Doan84

    @Doan84

    4 жыл бұрын

    it has a piston engine with one cylinder.

  • @capenterjojo3373
    @capenterjojo33733 жыл бұрын

    For minutes I thought this video is from 1900s because of that guys shirt

  • @skullcraftcustoms
    @skullcraftcustoms Жыл бұрын

    Variant of the original scaneagle. Years ago when myself and very few guys in the US were in garages building the worlds first real "Drones" the scaneagle guys were in Moro Oregon area testing the original scaneagle in their garage. Eventually they sold like 2000 units to the military puting them on the map despite the first test of the system to be for scanning Tuna at sea. after successful military uses the group got bought out by Insitu / boeing for like 300 Million. A tried and true UAS for sure. It is very over priced though. I say this because for a bit I was a consultant to VT Group etc and I've been all up in the system and in this day and age a guy can build a pretty capable DIY version for near nothing...

  • @k1ortia
    @k1ortia4 жыл бұрын

    But does it run I-NAV.. lol

  • @adarsfpv

    @adarsfpv

    4 жыл бұрын

    haha\ probably misson planner

  • @PPYTAO
    @PPYTAO4 жыл бұрын

    Windows XP, niiiiiiice 👌

  • @razormaku8045
    @razormaku80453 жыл бұрын

    If its shot down nobody dies. But the enemy takes the technology.

  • @Austin-cx2xe

    @Austin-cx2xe

    3 ай бұрын

    What technology? The reason the US and others had these isn't because they were more advanced but because their industrial complex was able to support the production of high tech imaging sensors, microchips etc which most US enemies have difficulty due to sanctions

  • @bobcoughlan929
    @bobcoughlan9294 жыл бұрын

    How many nerf balls does it fire per minute?

  • @jerrynormandin2892
    @jerrynormandin28924 жыл бұрын

    It should be easy to replicate this airfoil and fuselage to build a scaled down model that runs iNAV :) it will be 850g of amazing aircraft LOL

  • @jerrynormandin2892

    @jerrynormandin2892

    4 жыл бұрын

    I found the airfoil. The rest shouldn't be too bad. Could make it light with foam, or maybe 3d print it. My luck with 3d printed planes is if I get 4 flights out of them before they break I am lucky. I think foam, carbon fiber and nylon

  • @emadmostafa2741

    @emadmostafa2741

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jerrynormandin2892 can you share the airfoil?

  • @joewoodchuck3824
    @joewoodchuck38244 жыл бұрын

    Everything but the price tag.

  • @replynotificationsdisabled
    @replynotificationsdisabled3 жыл бұрын

    God Damn mosquitos are back again sarge

  • @sayedmuhammadidrees1453
    @sayedmuhammadidrees14534 жыл бұрын

    the landing is quite expensive.

  • @jessejames5825

    @jessejames5825

    3 жыл бұрын

    HUH? Why is it expensive?

  • @sayedmuhammadidrees1453

    @sayedmuhammadidrees1453

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@jessejames5825 if in landing the wings at hit by the rod this can cause collateral damage to the UAV so you have to buy another one for billion dollars then.

  • @theohess3242
    @theohess32424 жыл бұрын

    I want such a drone - to hunt chemtrail sprayer

  • @willasproth

    @willasproth

    3 жыл бұрын

    No amount of drones will ever find a “chemtrail sprayer”

  • @commiekiller9790

    @commiekiller9790

    16 күн бұрын

    Was that even proper english? Hunt chemtrail? What the hell are you talking about?

  • @user-fp9ln4nf6j
    @user-fp9ln4nf6j3 жыл бұрын

    Ok Good night

  • @ms-vp6jp
    @ms-vp6jp4 жыл бұрын

    Iran took an Scan Eagle from the US trophy

  • @SonVu-wr4cj
    @SonVu-wr4cj4 жыл бұрын

    Usa 1

  • @tonnyHypper
    @tonnyHypper4 жыл бұрын

    Vant

  • @johncgibson4720
    @johncgibson47204 жыл бұрын

    The limit is 250 grams, please.

  • @johnnytech0309

    @johnnytech0309

    4 жыл бұрын

    Uav licence brings that up to 55 pounds

  • @mollyfilms
    @mollyfilms4 жыл бұрын

    Why such crap music?

  • @v.gedace1519
    @v.gedace15193 жыл бұрын

    LOL "the plane has special gimbal ... high resolution camera..." (in 2015 HD were meant) in 2020 you can buy this for 500 bugs from a china company called ... eh ... u know who is meant ...

  • @raynfir638
    @raynfir6382 жыл бұрын

    These carry payloads and we just gave the taliban around 80 of them.

  • @user-tf4lk4fm7i

    @user-tf4lk4fm7i

    2 жыл бұрын

    The payloads are mainly camera equipment, no explosives. But yeah the taliban probably shouldn't have them.

  • @raynfir638

    @raynfir638

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@user-tf4lk4fm7i eagle scans can carry a 35lb payload, low yield explosive. Essentially it is is suicide drone.

  • @laStar972chuck
    @laStar972chuck5 ай бұрын

    Ngl. Music is way tooloud. Can barely make out wtf they saying

  • @bkiism
    @bkiism6 жыл бұрын

    shitty gimbal guys

  • @georgebush2798
    @georgebush27984 жыл бұрын

    That's called chicken shoot warfare. Be a man, fight like one.

  • @OllyFPV

    @OllyFPV

    4 жыл бұрын

    In fairness thats not the point of this, its for reckon to give vital intel to ground teams which will save lives. It would pretty moronic to just waltz up to the enemy without important information which can be obtained for basically free with this drone.

  • @radiousis49

    @radiousis49

    4 жыл бұрын

    spoken like a true warrior

  • @roymarshall_

    @roymarshall_

    4 жыл бұрын

    War is about winning not dick measuring