Recent content by Andy FR

"The PT 135 Fixed wing side is up and running, and they are working!" Barry Alexander used to run an air ambulance business (also under the Aquiline brand). I wonder if the two are related?

Hi all, and in particular to @Frazer75 , for your interesting personal account. (I have not been back to this thread for a while because I thought I would receive an automatic notification, as was the case previously... technogremlins!) @Tristrplt : AD spends a lot of time hobnobbing with local...

I hope you're doing OK :-) If AD would like to give a no-BS update here regarding the status of their various operations, I'm sure plenty of Drone Volt shareholders would be willing listeners. For my part (as an unvested observer), I am curious to learn : - the status of the manufacturing...

@Trstrplt: Thanks for your first-hand account! I don't know if this leaflet (in Fr) contains any specs you didn't already have. https://www.dronevolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Hercules_2_FR_web.pdf (I have not heard anything bad about this drone, but it is undeniably old, and I don't see...

@Chris : The Spartacus drone (actually the Drone Volt Hercules 2) was introduced in 2018 or 2019. There have almost certainly been firmware upgrades since then. I don't know if Aquiline are actually building any in Hartford, as originally planned until they laid off most of their manufacturing...

BTW, This is probably the article to which others have referred: https://dronedj.com/2021/10/05/aquiline-drones-layoff-manufacturing-crisis/

Hi all, Aquiline's Spartacus drones are in fact the Hercules 2 and Altura Zenith drones produced under license from their French partner Drone Volt. Clearly, the manufacturing effort has been beset with difficulty from the outset (which does not surprise me). Supply chain difficulties and before...