Quattro
Applied Navigation Demonstrates Hybrid VTOL Flight with No GPS
July 26, 2022 - Applied Navigation performed an entire flight from takeoff to landing with no GPS. The flight was performed with the Anaconda test-bed using Vigilant Spirit and Quattro Engineering Tool to display information to the user. The airplane was flown in easy steering mode using a game controller to provide guidance during hover,Quattro Autonomous Runway Landing
July 13, 2021 - The Quattro flight management system has successfully demonstrated autonomous runway takeoff and landing. Flight tests were conducted by Magline Composites and Systems in Zaragoza, Spain. The Quattro performed several fully autonomous flights to demonstrate autonomous ground steering, liftoff, waypoint and orbit tracking, and landing. Logic for flap management,Quattro demonstrates fully autonomous mission
November 23, 2020 - The Quattro autopilot successfully demonstrated autonomous takeoff, waypoint tracking, and auto landing with minimal input from the user. The flight was conducted with Applied Navigation’s 760-size electric helicopter at a test site in rural Virginia.
Applied Navigation’s waypoint tracking guidance is unique because it forward-predicts in time.