Indiana Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced today that their Im VII Airborne Remote Sensor Platfor
m has surpassed 30 hours of flight time in less than three weeks. ”Only 20 more hours to go and we will have the 50 hours required for airframe certification,” said Jeff Imel, designer of the aircraft. The company is using the flight time to work through a series of test flight cards that explore the flight handling specifications and characteristics of the Im VII. From these test card series, a Flight Operations Manual (FOM) will be created that can be used by future pilots as a reference for training and familiarization. In the three weeks of flight testing the aircraft has flown in winds gusting up to 35 knots and temperatures as low as five degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
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