⚠ Sign the Area X.O waiver before arrival, as its required for flight demo area access.
Getting to Area X.O
Saturday, October 24, 2026 · All times are local to Ottawa.
Buses: 12:45 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Brookstreet Hotel
Buses are strongly preferred for all attendees who have not received advance approval to drive onto Area X.O.
Approved drivers: gate open 1:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Only cars preapproved by Nate may drive onto Area X.O. Message Nate in advance to request approval.
Proceed along the marked road and park anywhere on its shoulder. Absolutely do not drive elsewhere on site.
Area X.O: 1740 Woodroffe Avenue, Building 400
Nepean, ON K2G 3R8. Enter from southbound Woodroffe Avenue, south of West Hunt Club Road, across from Nepean Sportsplex.
Google Maps waypoints: 1 · Entrance gate · 2 · Parking shoulder
Afternoon weather
Static forecast snapshot: October 24, 2026, 9:57 a.m. EDT. Source: Environment Canada’s Ottawa hourly forecast.
24b · Live Flight Demonstrations at Area X.O
The final flight sequence and aircraft lineup are subject to change.
Scripted Copter Acrobatics
Presenter: Andy Piper · FOSS UAV
Aircraft: Armattan Marmotte5 variants + iFlight Nazgul5
- Scripted acrobatics with two quadcopters.
- GPS / optical-flow switching with a guarded quadcopter.
- Proposed “throw to VALT in FPV” maneuver after the other flights.
Aerial-Photography Copter
Presenter: Randy Mackay · ArduPilot
Aircraft: Aerial-photography copter + EDU650
- Aerial-photography demonstration.
nonGPS Copter
Presenter: Sanket Sharma · ArduPilot
Operator: Randy Mackay · ArduPilot
with DroneJapan
- Autonomous flight without GPS.
- Uses an onboard video camera and preloaded satellite imagery to calculate visual-inertial odometry (VIO) and absolute-position commands.
ArduPilot Methodic Configurator
Presenter: Amilcar do Carmo Lucas · IAV GmbH / ArduPilot
Platforms: Software-in-the-loop (SITL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) platforms
- Guided vehicle configuration for beginners and professional users, covering the steps required for safe operation.
- Heuristic-based log analysis to identify common configuration issues and suggest solutions, by Omkar Sarkar, a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026 contributor.
BVLOS, DAA and Geofence Avoidance
Presenter: Tim Tuxworth · SmartFleet.systems
Aircraft: HEEWING T2 Cruza / MakeFlyEasy Mini Striver / Hexsoon EDU650
- BVLOS / DAA, including crossing traffic and geofence avoidance.
- Network ID traffic feed from AIRmarket FlySafe Live Remote Traffic Management.
Multiuser Web Control over LTE
Presenter: Cameron Fedde, with Charlie Neal · Aero Systems West
Aircraft: Quadcopter
- Multiuser control through a web interface using MAVLink over LTE.
Phoenix Endurance and Thermal-Gimbal Demo (Proposed)
Presenter: Patrick Hinchey · Fliight Technologies
Aircraft: Phoenix + GriffinPro
- Proposed Phoenix endurance and Nighthawk thermal-gimbal demonstrations.
Dual Flight-Controller Operation
Presenter: Siddharth Purohit · CubePilot
Aircraft: CubePilot-powered multirotor
- Dual flight-controller operation using the MCU’s second core.
Remote 1 · 4G Fixed-Wing Demo
Presenter: Alexander Sandström · Remote Aero
Aircraft: Remote 1 · fixed-wing aircraft under 250 g
- Hand-launch.
- Control over 4G through Remote Mission Control.
- Live link-sharing.
- Possible co-piloting from Sweden.
~249(+5)g Fixed-Wing Demo
Presenter: Peter Hall · ArduPilot
- Peter is “mucking about with a ~249(+5)g fixed wing” (his words…).