The helicopter weighing 16 grams entered service with the British army.

The tiny PD-100 PRS Black Hornet drone, created by the Norwegian company Prox Dynamics, is designed for live video surveillance and intelligence both indoors and outdoors. With it, you can look around the corner or behind a suspicious bush, look out for shelters and advance ways on an unfamiliar battlefield. The device weighs 16 grams and has a rotor diameter of only 120 millimeters, but its characteristics and functionality do not correspond to toy sizes at all.




Black Hornet is equipped with a PTZ video camera, the picture of which is transmitted over a distance of a kilometer under the condition of direct visibility. The helicopter is capable of operating at wind speeds of up to 10 knots (about 5 m / s), and its own maximum speed is 10 m / s. On one battery charge, it can fly up to 30 minutes. But, perhaps, his “brain”, and not “muscles”, is most impressive.
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In addition to accelerometers and gyroscopes, the PD-100 is equipped with air pressure sensors that help it automatically withstand wind drift. Autopilot takes on almost all the work of piloting - you can not just hang in one place, focusing on the picture from the camera, but also set the route of the flyby of the territory. The helicopter is orientated in space using GPS.

In addition to the helicopter itself, the package includes a remote control the size of a small tablet, a charging station and a protective case. The weight of a complete set is about 1 kg. The first devices are already in use in Afghanistan . The British Department of Defense will soon purchase the first batch of 160 PD-100. Although the company’s website lists civilian applications for PD-100, the price of one set has not yet been announced.

Demonstration of the PD-100 prototype: