Rotomotion SR-100 UAV Setup & Flying Tutorial

Rotomotion's SR-100 six foot robotic helicopter is capable of fully autonomous flight with a safety operator (human pilot) to provide takeoff and landing, and to engage/disengage the autonomous flight control system (AFCS).  DASL's version of the SR-100 is electric powered and can provide 45 minute flight times on two lithium polymer flight packs.  It has a curb weight of around 35 pounds and with its 18 pound payload capacity, has a gross weight of up to 28 pounds.  The helicopter has several modes of operation when the autopilot is engaged.  These include a fly-by-wire setup with the transmitter acting as the joystick, a point and click method where the ground station operator clicks on the interface to navigate the UAV to different points, and GPS waypoint navigation.