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59 AUVSI Xponential 2020 | Show update about 90 minutes, although an external power supply connected to the host vehicle can overcome that limitation,” said Morgane Selve. For data storage, both Lidars come with a USB key that allows 42 hours of recording.” To serve the Fly&Drive’s purpose as a swappable system between UAVs and road vehicles, YellowScan has also designed a quick-mount latch to fit with the DJI M600 airframe. It weighs 392 g (0.86 lb) and comes with four anchor points, a quick- toggling latch release, and wire damping to avoid vibrations from the engine or motor being transmitted to the Lidar. T-Motor has released the newest products in its Antigravity series of electric motors, the MN5006 and MN5008. They have been developed to enable long flight times with heavy payloads in UAVs conducting missions such as mapping, asset monitoring and surveillance. “The MN5006 weighs 108 g, the MN5008 is 135 g,” said Olivia Wan. “They are capable of running for 60 minutes when paired with our NS18*6.1 propellers and a 22,000 mAh battery, when the MTOW is 4 kg for the MN5006 and 4.5 kg for the MN5008.” Created following customer requests, both feature rotors with arc magnets designed to fit better within electric motors than flat magnets, and stators made from 0.2 mm laminate sheets of silicon steel. Harwin has started offering its Datamate J-Tek and Gecko Hi-Rel (high- reliability) connectors with flexible printed circuits attached, for easier installation on PCBs (compared with typical wiring) that are short on overhead space. The Datamate series of connectors can be used for up to 3 A per contact, and can also have power contacts integrated that will accommodate 8.5 A on a 2 mm pitch. The company also offers Datamate Mix-Tek connectors that allow up to 40 A per contact. Gecko, on the other hand, is designed for a 2 A per contact maximum on a 1.25 mm pitch, and has a mixed layout version for 10 A applications. “As Gecko connectors are smaller than the Datamates, and have a lower current- carrying capacity, they tend to be used in sensors, datalinks, navigation systems, gimbals and other such payloads,” Giorgio Potenza said. “With their wider current range [and high-power contacts] the Datamates can also be used to charge batteries or handle power surges in motor drives. This is essential for when UAVs are designed with specific collision avoidance systems, as these can dramatically increase the power requirement for a short time.” Xsens has launched its MTi-680G , the newest GNSS-INS module in its MTi-600 series, which comes with an integrated RTK GNSS receiver for outputting centimetre-accurate positioning data. It provides gyro bias stability to 8 º /h, roll and pitch accuracy to 0.2 º , and yaw accuracy to <1 º , in an IP68-rated housing. Its internal sensors have been calibrated (and their embedded algorithms tuned) to minimise the amount of integration work needed on the part of vehicle manufacturers. The company’s Kalman filtering is embedded on an internal processor, and the system consumes up to 1 W on a power input range of 4.5 to 24 V, with an output rate up to 2 kHz. Xbus, ASCII (NMEA) or CAN interfaces are available for outputting data (as well as additional diagnostics via CAN). A-TechSYN shared details of its newest UAV, the CGT50 VTOL. As the name implies, it is a VTOL fixed-wing UAV, which the company has designed as a LALE (Low Altitude Long Endurance) craft. Its customers use it for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, border security, traffic control and university r&d. “It has an MTOW of 55 kg and offers 6 hours of endurance with a 5 kg payload,” Gokhan Celik said. “The standard version comes with Unmanned Systems Technology | June/July 2020 T-Motor’s MN5006 & MN5008 electric motors Flexible cable connectors from Harwin