Hood Tech Mechanical maintains a “zip line” testing facility for pre-flight qualification of a wide range of UAS payload, avionics and propulsion hardware, simulating launch conditions (especially acceleration). For example, launch tests have been conducted on:
- Dummy models simulating merely the weight of UASs
- More elaborate models simulating the actual weight and balance of UASs
- UAS airframes and payloads with powered avionics, camera systems and propulsion
