Up'n stable: after a somewhat hesitant debut, the unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft now appears to have come of age. This is for a major part due to innovative techniques, miniaturized autopilots and navigation suites as well as restored credibility amongst potential users.

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Up'n stable: after a somewhat hesitant debut, the unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft now appears to have come of age. This is for a major part due to innovative techniques, miniaturized autopilots and navigation suites as well as restored credibility amongst potential users.

All of a sudden, the engine crackled to life k and after a short warm-up the typical chatter of helicopter blades biting into the air cut in and the white bird cleanly broke contact with the grass field of the Austrian countryside. It resolutely soared, soared and soared and then steadily remained in a hover flight as if held by an invisible, but firm, hand in the sky--hardly any 'wobbling', or involuntary rolling and pitching throughout the sequence. The S-100 then transitioned to forward flight, turned right to cross the author's field of view, cleanly turned righ...

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