UAVOS, located in the midst of surrounding Google properties in Mountain View, California, sells a wide variety of goods and services related to the unpiloted aircraft world. One of their biggest creations so far, the ApusDuo High Altitude Psuedo Satellite (HAPS) ran through a full series of tests. The 10-meter span prototype vehicle will test control algorithms, including takeoffs and landings and verify HAPS aerodynamics. According to UAVOS “Test flights fully confirmed the flight characteristics of the UAV.” This is good news, since their next step will be to make at least a 15-meter wing (49.2 feet) wingspan version. That will rely even more on “Control of roll, pitch, v-shape and slip…due to a controlled change in the angle of …
