Flamingo Mk3
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About Flamingo Mk3
Flamingo Mk3 is Silvertone UAV’s configurable fixed-wing aircraft for long-endurance inspection, surveying, surveillance and emergency-response missions. Its standard Corvid 29 configuration carries up to 7.5 kg, flies for more than eight hours and supports rapid payload changes.
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Supply / Components
- Flamingo Mk3
Corvid 29 Engine - Motion Components - Currawong Engineering - Silvertone's Flamingo Mk3 UAV integrates a Currawong Corvid-29 engine - source: currawongeng.com
Source - Flamingo Mk3
UAV Autopilot - control - MicroPilot - MicroPilot autopilot hardware and Horizon GCS control Silvertone's Flamingo Mk3 long-endurance UAV - source: silvertone.com.au
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Timeline
- Silvertone demonstrates Flamingo Mk3 in firefighting airspace trial
2023-10-08 - Demonstration - Fire Connect led the exercise, with Silvertone supplying airborne observation using the Flamingo Mk3. The trial used a common operating picture and radio communications to coordinate aircraft beyond visual line of sight. A mobile ground station handled launch and recovery while the aircraft transmitted live video to support resource management.
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