Abstract
Abstract. The Brican TD100 is a high performance, small UAS designed and made in Brampton Ontario Canada. The concept was defined in late 2009 and it is designed for a maximum weight of 25 kg which is now the accepted cut-off defining small civil UASs. A very clean tractor propeller layout is used with a lightweight composite structure and a high aspect ratio wing to obtain good range and endurance. The design features and performance of the initial electrically powered version are discussed and progress with developing a multifuel engine version is described. The system includes features enabling operation beyond line of sight (BLOS) and the proving missions are described. The vehicle has been used for aerial photography and low cost mapping using a professional grade Nikon DSLR camera. For forest fire research a FLIR A65 IR camera was used, while for georeferenced mapping a new Applanix AP20 system was calibrated with the Nikon camera. The sorties to be described include forest fire research, wildlife photography of bowhead whales in the Arctic and surveys of endangered caribou in a remote area of Labrador, with all these applications including the DSLR camera.
Highlights
The Brican TD100 is a high performance, fixed wing small UAS or RPAS designed and manufactured by a small company called Brican Automated Systems located in Brampton Ontario, Canada
The TD100 vehicle was designed for a maximum weight of 25 kg which is the cut-off defining small UASs in Canada and elsewhere
As a step towards developing a system enabling beyond line of sight (BLOS) Brican has flown the TD100 equipped with an ADS-B beacon and monitored the flight progress BLOS
Summary
The Brican TD100 is a high performance, fixed wing small UAS or RPAS designed and manufactured by a small company called Brican Automated Systems located in Brampton Ontario, Canada. The company is in the phase of demonstrating applications of the TD100, gaining operational experience and establishing the benefits in costs and data quality for future commercial work. The second part will recount some missions and the sensor payloads that have been carried during demonstrations of the vehicle. These have included high resolution photography of endangered wildlife including whales and caribou.
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