Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2021
Abstract
Missionary aviation pilots often must land their planes on remote airstrips that might be unsafe due to runway obstructions such as encroaching vegetation or large objects that were unknowingly placed on the runway. The Falcon Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) team partnered with Indigenous People's Technology and Education Center (ITEC) to develop an imaging system using a UAV to scan airstrips to detect these obstructions. ITEC was founded by Steve Saint, the son of martyred missionary Nate Saint, to develop technologies to aid missionaries and indigenous peoples in their work. The Falcon UAV team focused primarily on the use of automated 3D mapping and photogrammetry by drones to help identify obstructions to pilots landing on remote airstrips. Through our research and experimentation done between the fall of 2019 and spring of 2021, the team selected and tested the DJI Mavic Platinum Pro in combination with the DroneDeploy 3D mapping software to determine the limitations and capabilities of the system.
Recommended Citation
Plante, Dereck; McClary, Geoff; Greaser, Johnny; Lehman, Micah; Miller, Kyle; and Tchouako, Pauline Deutcheu, "Falcon Unmanned Aerial Vehicle" (2021). Falcon Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (2019-21). 1.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/aerialvehicle/1
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