UAS-Enabled Solutions for Bridge Inspection


Intel Falcon 8+ System

The Intel® Falcon™ 8+ drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle with a patented V-shaped design and featureshigh level of safety and advanced performance ideal for inspection and close mapping. The Intel® Falcon™ 8+ drone is designed to provide consistent, stable flights in the face of external influences like weak GPS signals and high winds as well as providing resistance to magnetic field disturbances.

Technical Specifications

FLIGHT SYSTEM

    • Type: V-shaped Octocopter

    • Size: 768 x 817 x 160 mm (30.24 x 32.17 x 6.30 in)

    • Engines: 8 electrical, brushless (sensorless) motors with 125 W max. power each

    • Rotor Diameter: 20.32 cm (8 in)

    • Number of rotors: 8

    • Empty weight: 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs)

    • Payload weight (camera and gimbal): 0.8 kg (1.76 lbs)

    • Take off weight: 2.8 kg (6.17 lbs)

    • Flight time: Up to 16-26 minutes

    • Max data link range: 1 km (FCC version) (3281 feet)

    • Max altitude: 4000 m MSL (13123 feet)

    • Max video link range: 500 m (FCC version) (1640 feet)

    • Max tolerable wind speed:

12 m/s (GPS Mode)

16 m/s (Height Mode, Manual Mode)

    • Power supplya: 2x Intel® Powerpack 4000 (redundant setup)

    • Operating temperature: -5 °C to 40 °C (23° F to 104° F)

NAVIGATION SENSORS

    • AscTec Trinity Control Unit:

      1. Triple redundant Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU: barometer, compass, accelerometers, gyroscopes)

    • Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS): GPS and GLONASS

MAx. AIRSPEED

    • Manual Mode: 18 m/s (40 mph)

    • Height Mode: 18 m/s (40 mph)

    • GPS Mode: 4.5 m/s (10 mph) standard up to 10 m/s (22 mph) in mapping flights

    • Climb/sink rate

    • Manual Mode: 6 to 10 m/s (13 to 22 mph)

    • Height Mode: 3 m/s (6 mph)

    • GPS Mode: 3 m/s (6 mph)

    • Turn rate

Manual Mode: 115 °/s

GPS Mode: 75 °/s

    • Max pitch and roll angles

Manual Mode/Height Mode: 50 °/s

GPS Mode: 45 °/s

    • WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Two independent (diversity) command and control links: 2.4 GHz adaptive FHSS link 100 mW

Digital video link: Low latency digital link. 5.1 GHz with up to 250 mW. Resolution depending on payload, up to 1080 p full HD.