| After visiting the Denver RC Modeler Club one day as | | | | such as this: |
| they practiced for the national finals in PHX that year, | | | | [ |
| we attempted a touch and go landing on our Blitz | | | | Would be sufficient. Now the aircraft or UAVs would |
| Mobile, which is a 74 foot long NASCAR type truck | | | | be vertically stacked on the center in the back. Like a |
| and trailer. Probably nothing more than a Fighter Pilots | | | | pez dispenser, when it was time to launch the first ten |
| son from the cold war wanting to re-invent the aircraft | | | | or twelve would be pre-assembled and in the spring |
| carrier concept on a almost nano scale? We were | | | | activated dispenser, which raises them to the roof and |
| successful on doing a touch and bounce on the top of | | | | then they would launch. They would fly to 300 feet, |
| the trailer without too much difficulty. It appears that a | | | | satellite would ping them for GPS verification and they |
| tractor trailer rig specially designed with panels on top | | | | would be released to autonomous flight. All the rest of |
| which folded out ward to extend the length of the flat | | | | the beginning sequence would be turned off and no |
| surface on top would be adequate to launch and | | | | frequency would be emitting or received only a blip |
| recover many hundred small UAVs. These UAVs | | | | every so often from satellite to pin-point position. If off |
| could be launched one after another to form swarms | | | | track the satellite would send re-positioning data for 1-2 |
| for surveillance or to overwhelm the enemy. We did | | | | seconds and turn off again, terrain following would be |
| not have any automous UAVs with us on this day of | | | | sound waves from the UAV itself or from satellite, or |
| testing and proving concept, but we did use a model | | | | even abort sequence to divert the aircraft straight |
| aircraft, which was large enough to prove it will work. | | | | down to self destruct. After the first few are launched |
| Here is the unit we used: | | | | other units could be quickly assembled and put in the |
| Now today the units are much more agile and better | | | | pez dispenser elevator for the next launch sequence. |
| suited for such a mission. We also on that day | | | | One command center could carry up to 200-400 flying |
| launched the model airplane from the top of the truck | | | | machines. UAVs. Do you think this could work? Think |
| with relative ease. Meaning an Army Command center | | | | about it. |