Piccolo Autopilot for Helicopter and Rotorcraft UAVs

Cloud Cap Technology and Guided Systems Technologies have partnered to offer the Piccolo series of autopilots for helicopters and complex rotor wing vehicles.

Guided Systems Technologies (GST) leveraging its 18+ years of experience in guidance and control technology is the dedicated helicopter and rotorcraft autopilot solutions provider for Cloud Caps’ Piccolo series of autopilots. GST brings advanced flight control technology that’s been proven on a wide variety of unmanned rotary wing vehicles (single main rotor and coaxial helicopters, tilt rotors, ducted fans, tail sitters and airplanes that can hover on the prop, as well as hybrid vehicles such as the USAF/AeroVironment Skytote UAV).

Piccolo autopilot products are now capable of full envelope automated helicopter flight operations, including take-off and landing, precision hover, true trajectory path following along with autopilot assisted manual steering mode. GST will also provide comprehensive customer support from initial project requirements definition through hardware-in-the-loop rotary wing simulation to flight testing and field support operations. Dr. Eric Corban, GST’s Founder and CTO says ‘the helicopter and rotary wing UAV market will benefit greatly from affordable access to a complete helicopter control solution proven over a number of flight test programs. It is made relatively easy to integrate through the combination of advanced technology, quality documentation, and support that is tailored to the needs of the rotorcraft community.'

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