Low altitude testbed

It is based on a 21m³ Helikite, a tethered balloon/kite hybrid which is capable of deployments up to 400m altitude.

Over the next few months we will be undertaking the following trials:

• Wireless communications
  • Angle dependent propagation measurements
  • Physical layer network coding
• Environmental monitoring for smart cities            
  • Leveraging York City Environmental Observatory activity
  • Plan to assess tree health in the city
  • Initial trials in the Scarcroft Road area of York
• Urban pollution monitoring
  • Measurement of CO, CO₂ NO_x and particulates in dense urban areas
  • Trial in outskirts of Leeds

Helikite test, 13 March 2017