AscTec Hornet

The AscTec Hornet is the smallest vehicle in our product line.

With a total diameter of only 28 cm this tiny hexacopter may be the smallest fully autonomous air-vehicle there is. Equipped with the AscTec AutoPilot the Hornet is able to do autonomous way point navigation. It is able to carry a video camera with a 2.4 GHz link to transmit images to the operation base wirelessly in real-time. The maximum payload is about 50g. Carrying this payload the achievable flight time is up to 12 minutes.

The Hornet was originally developed for a competition for Micro Air Vehicles "MAV08". It can be used in all applications where small dimensions and little weight are more important than long flight times with heavy payloads.