Draganfly Handheld Ground Control Station (GCS) for Draganflyer X8 and X6 UAV Helicopters

The new optional Handheld GCS (Ground Control Station) coming 2011 provides all the features of both the Handheld Controller and the Video Base Station in one compact and ergonomic package. Usage is simple and intuitive. Using the integrated trackball and directional control pad, you can navigate through the well thought out and consistent menu system to access all of the handheld GCS features. Every function, from accessing the telemetry display to directly controlling the helicopter is easy and intuitive to use. Altitude, GPS hold, and even camera tilt pan and zoom functions can be controlled using the Handheld Ground Control Station.

The Handheld GCS supports networking over the 802.11n wireless protocol, which allows it to connect directly to Draganflyer IP video cameras. Whether you are using the IP camera system, or a conventional analog camera, video is streamed live to the Handheld GCS and displayed on the built in 6.3” daylight viewable bright LCD screen. Video can also be recorded using the onboard DVR.

The Handheld GCS runs a Linux operating system on an Intel Atom Z530 CPU clocked to 1.6GHz. This processor gives the Handheld GCS the computing power to run a custom version of our DraganView telemetry software and a separate processor is included to control the helicopter simultaneously. The Handheld GCS features 1 gigabyte of ram and a 32 gigabyte solid state memory to store pictures and video.

Using both the Handheld Controller and Video Base Station functions at the same time has never been simpler with the Draganfly Handheld GCS.