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( Staff and students of Project DATUM. From left to right: MUHAMMAD IZZUL IHSAN BIN ZULPAKAR, ANG JING HAO, CHUA MING SING, JACKSON LOH XU TAO, XIN YUELUN, WANG HUI, CHARLENE TAN XINTING, YE CHAO, LI HUI, KENNETH TOH HAN YANG, YU XUE WEN, REAGAN CHIONH )
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Two teams of DARE students were featured in the 10pm MediaCorp Channel 8 news under a new segment featuring technology for the future. If you missed it, you can watch via the following link:
https://video.toggle.sg/en/tv-show/news/jan-2018-ch-8-news-tonight/sun-7-jan-2018/559867 (The reporting on DATUM is at time 16:20 till 24:33 mins in the video)
A multidisciplinary (DARE & DASE) project, DATUM (Detachable Aviation Transporter Unmanned/Manned Multi-Rotor Vehicle) is a versatile modular aerial vehicle, capable of customisation with a payload capability of up to around 60kg. It can run on a Hybrid Engine Fuel Management system that enables it to have a flight time of up to 30 minutes.
Channel 8's written news article about this technical feat can be read at:
https://www.channel8news.sg/news8/latestnews/20180107-lif-drones/3929544.html
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