PHILOSOPHY
MERA ίs a model aircraft designed to carry FPV / UAV equipment, aiming at Remote Sensing and Low Altitute Aerial Photography/Mapping.
Designed as a high performance unmanned aircraft, MERA ίs capable of up to 45 min endurance with the 0,25 Kg payload. Modular composite structure, fast assembly, removable payload bay, are the key features of the MERA innovative design. Available as an airframe ready for the autopilot and payload integration. For Enterprise Partners
CIVIL AND DEFENSE USE
Specially designed for large-scale monitoring projects.
Suitable for Defense and Homeland Security purposes.
MAIN ADVANTAGES
High Standard Construction Materials per Aircraft, Flight duration, Large scale monitoring, high endurance, great Performance Flight Envelop.
Specifications
Diameter
0,8 m
DISK Area
82 dm2
Power System
4800 W
Electric Brushless
Environment
Light-Rain, Snowfall
Empty Weight
2.1 Kg
excl Battery & Payload
Max Payload
1500 gr.
Maintain Flight Envelop
Tak Off Method
Auto Take-off
Landing Method
Auto landing
Height
0.35 m
MTOW
5.6 Kg
Performance Flight Envelope
Cruise Speed
10 m/s
Max Speed
22 m/s
Flight Endurance
1 Hour
Dimensions
COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE
Aircraft Frame Materials
- Aero, TÜV-SÜD UV-Protective coating
- Spead Τow TeXtreme® Ηi strength ultra-light carbon fabric
- High impact, vibration, and fatigue strength Aramid honeycomb
- Aero, twill weave, Carbon fabric
Wing Materials
- Aero, TÜV-SÜD UV-Protective
- Aero, plain weave, glass fabric
- Spead Tow TeXtreme® Ηi strength ultra-light carbon fabric
- Fine industrial grade closed cell foam
- Aero, twill weave Aramid fabric live hinges
Modular Design
AII MERA’s components are easily removable and completely interchangeable.
Booms are folding and MERA folds down to a ~25cm box, in a split of a second. Assembly and fastening is tool free and all bolds and subsystems require a minimum of toolset during maintenance. Despite its large disk area, the disassembled UAS features an ergonomic design in order to capture the less possible volume during transportation. ln the same concept, all components from Avionics to Payload can be individually removed for replacement, update or inspection. Carefully Chosen COTS parts, like cabling and connectors ensure ample availability in any circumstance.
The Airframe Features
- Textreme High modulus & Strength, Spread Tow Carbon Fiber with Aramid Honey-comp Fuselage. Coated with high impact / UV tolerant resins, with RF friendly material distribution
- Ballistic Kevlar/ CFK, on seams
- Folding Bi-directional Carbon Fiber Booms
- Polycarbonate and Carbon fiber canopy
- Dedicated Mapping Camera, Vibration isolated on CoG Box and Custom camera mount bases and gear hatches
- High modulus & Strength cores, laminated with Spread Tow Textreme Carbon fiber
- High strength and precision Linkage
- VEC™-Carbon fiber (Vinyl ester resin and carbon fiber)
- Quick release Autopilot System Base
The Airframe power and servo setup
- 50xx Size 240Κν 6S brushless outrunner Motors
- 45Α Opto-isolated ESC Embedded at Motor mounts
- Multi output 7Α external BEC with switch
- Li-polymer 6S 17000mAh Battery
- DUAL Li-lon 6S 8500mAh Battery (optional for aircargo)
- Extreme shielded integrated cabling with compact connectors
Advanced Autopilot System
For our Unmanned Systems we choose the Ardupilot Autopilot Suite, which is an advanced autopilot Eco-system designed uppon open-hardware & Software. The entire package is designed to be easily approachable for the novice, while remaining open-ended for custom applications, education, and research use.
Hardware
The choice of compatible controller is based on your needs, expandabil ity and robustness. Our primary choice on fully featured packages is the latest Pixhawk 2 “CUBE” Autopilot wich offers:
- An integrated, single board / box flight controller.
- Sufficient 1/0 for most applications without expansion.
- lmproved ease-of-use.
- lmproved sensor performance.
- lmproved microconτroller resources.
- lncreased reliability and reduced integraτion complexity.
Firmware
The “skill set” code running on the hardware, which configures it for the kind of vehicle you’ve put ίt in. Υου choose the firmware and vehicle that match your mission:
The choice is yours – one autopilot for any mission. An easy firmware update is all it takes to repurpose your hardware into a different role.
Software
Your interface to the hardware.
- lnitial set-up, configuration, and testing. Mission-planning / operation, and post-mission analysis.
- Point-and-click intuitive ιnteraction with your hardware, or advanced custom scripting for niche mission profiles. Options are everything with ArduPilot
Companion Computers
JETSON NANO
JETSON XAVIER NX
JETSON AGX XAVIER
JETSON TX2
Mapping Payloads
LIVOX AVIA
VX-20
Sony A7R II
RedEdge-MX
HyperSpectral Sensors
Modified Sony Mapping Camera
Tactical Cameras
NightHawk 2-UZ
NightHawk 2-V
Night-Hawk 2
NightHawk1
Colibri 212
Colibri 2
Colibri 1
DragonEye 2
Ground Stations
HORUS
HERELINK
Base Station 500
Dell Latitude Rugged Extreme
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