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Airicist
13th January 2016, 21:37
Developer - Area-I, Inc. (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?13758)
Airicist
13th January 2016, 21:41
https://youtu.be/KHQiKwKVcbE
Area-I research UAV flight test
Published on Sep 10, 2012
This video highlights the initial testing of the Prototype Technology Evaluation Research Aircraft (PTERA) at the Middle Georgia College Aviation Campus at Heart of Georgia Regional Airport in July 2012.
Airicist
13th January 2016, 21:42
https://youtu.be/pzWVGzQtEWA
Area-I PTERA Flight Test 2014
Published on Sep 12, 2014
This video highlights the flight testing of the Prototype Technology Evaluation Research Aircraft (PTERA) at Cochran Airport in Cochran Georgia in August 2014. The purpose of these flights were to evaluate the effectiveness of autopilot control.
Airicist
13th January 2016, 21:44
https://youtu.be/IAEYX8NTlfA
PTERA - modular aircraft flight test
Published on Jan 13, 2016
Aerospace testing can be costly and time consuming but a new modular, subscale remotely piloted aircraft offers NASA researchers more affordable options for developing a wide range of cutting edge aviation and space technologies.
The Prototype-Technology Evaluation and Research Aircraft (PTERA), developed by Area-I, Inc., of Kennesaw, Georgia, is an extremely versatile and high quality, yet inexpensive, flying laboratory bridging the gap between wind tunnels and crewed flight testing.
Airicist
19th January 2018, 12:28
https://youtu.be/Sr_lS4mWHNM
PTERA testing SAW
Published on Jan 19, 2018
NASA conducted a series of flight tests as part of the Spanwise Adaptive Wing project (SAW) using a subscale UAV called Prototype Technology-Evaluation Research Aircraft (PTERA), provided by Area-I. The flight tests took place at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, California, in December 2017. The ability to fold wings to the ideal position of various flight conditions may produce several aerodynamic benefits for both subsonic and supersonic aircraft.