Project Drone without a name - autonomous flying drone equipped with broadcasting media. 1/ Aim of the Project: Design and development of a prototype of a aeroplane capable of carrying active FM transmitting elements. The aeroplane (from now "Drone") will be equiped with a electromotor possibly with secondary sorces of power - solar cells. The control of the aeroplane should be mantained in the first phase by a Remote Controller, the final phase is counting with GPS-guided autopilot controlling the Drone's flight trajectory. The drone should be equipped with a FM-radio transmitter capable of covering a territory cca. 10 Km in diameter. The content will be send through a civil walkie-talkie radio requency to the drone, from which it will be broadcasted in FM spectrum. Secondary goals for the drone are developing a video system capable of broadcasting live video feed back to the ground control with the purpose of aerial territory mapping. Alternatively pattern-recognition software will be developed and used to analyze the video feed. 2/ Time schedule: - 1. Design of the drone, blueprints, material gathering for the carrier 11-12 / 2005 - 2. Construction of the carrier, tests, corrections, flying tests 01-02 / 2006 - 3. Finishing of the carrier, development of radio broadcasting technology, training of the operators 03 / 2006 - 4. Development and testing of the GPS autopilot system, development of the audio earth-to-air link 03-05 / 2006 - 5. Testing period, alternatively development of the video feed system 04-06 / 2006 - 6. Deployment of the drone in an Radio Territories intervenion 06-07 / 2006 3/ Material needs: - 1. Building material for he carrier 3000 Sk / 79 € - 2. Material needed for building process 1000 Sk / 26 € - 3. Material for the propulsion system, motor regulator, acumulator and recharger 12000 Sk / 315 € - 4. Equipment for the control of the carrier (Remote control, receiver, servocontrollers) 12000 Sk / 315 € - 5. Solar cells 8000 Sk / 210 € - 6. Autopilot technology (GPS chip, electronics, 2,4 GHz transmitter, infrared sensor) 16000 Sk / 400 € - 7. Earth-to-Air audio transmiter (earth module, air module) 8000 Sk / 210 € - 8. Ground control station (Notebook) 30000 Sk / 866 € Aeroplane cost: 28000 sK / 735 € Aeroplane with FM transmitter: 36000 Sk / 945 € Aeroplane with FM & Solar cells: 44000 Sk / 1155 € Aeroplane with FM & Solar & GPS: 60000 Sk / 1555 € Total material costs: 87000 Sk / 2342 € 4/ Work Expenses: - 1. Design of the carrier, specification and material gathering 5000 Sk / 131 € - 2. Design of the blueprints, basic work with material 4000 Sk / 104 € - 3. Construction of the carrier 5000 Sk / 131 € - 4. Tests, corrections, flying tests and measurements 4000 Sk / 104 € - 5. Training of the operator 3000 Sk / 79 € - 6. Solar cells preparation and circuit design 5000 Sk / 131 € - 7. Design and incorporation of the Autopilot system 4000 Sk / 104 € - 8. Design and incorporation of the earth-to-air audio subsystem 8000 Sk / 210 € - 9. Curating, technological manager and support, head of the project 15000 Sk / 394 € Total work costs: 53000 Sk / 1388 € TOTAL (ESTIMATED) COSTS 140000 Sk / 3730 € 6/ Selecting of the developers (see footnotes for more information): - 1. Carrier design and construction: Riva Models. - 2. Solar cells preparation ad circuit design: External expert. - 3. Autopilot design and incorporation: external expert - 4. Earth-to Air audio system development: external expert. - 5. Managing the project: Peter Gonda, Itchy Bit. 7/ Footnotes: - 1. Riva Models: For the carrier development and construction the company Riva Models, Oponice, Sk (www.rivamodels.sk) was chosen. Riva Models is mainained by Ing. Pavol Lishak, CSc. who is the holder of several international long-flight records in the cathegory of electroflights (incorporating a long-flight record with solar cells propelled aeroplane). He is a holder of silver medal in long-flight from World Electric Flight Festival 2000 (San Diego, USA). He was taking part in several project with the aim of developing experimental prototypes powered by solar energy (last in 2004, project KOS, realized for the Univerzity Industrial Design in Prague). - 3. Peter Gonda (Itchy Bit): Peter Gonda is the "geek" within Itchy Bit, currenty active as a computer artist and vj, managing the Introduction of Creative Commons in Slovakia, and being a part of Recycle.IT project. His work was shown on festivals such as Enter Multimediale II, he was performing also on Dutch Experimental Arts Festival, or Multiplace Festival.