Melbourne drone firm that designs and assembles its AeroDrone MR4 and Avian Scout bird-scaring UAVs and retails CubePilot and other drone parts.
Bask Aerospace Pty Ltd is an Australian drone company that combines two businesses under one web store: it designs and assembles its own AeroDrone line of multirotor aircraft and drone subsystems, and it retails parts from third-party uncrewed-systems brands. The company states that every aspect of its drones is designed in Australia and that each system is assembled and tested at its manufacturing facility in Melbourne, with a stated goal of becoming fully Australian made. It is an AAUS member, an ArduPilot partner and a listed safety advocate in CASA's drone safety awareness programme.
The flagship aircraft is the AeroDrone MR4, described by the company as its fifth-generation design built on more than 15 years of industry experience. The MR4 flies on The Cube open-source autopilot (triple-redundant IMUs, vibration isolation and temperature control) running ArduPilot, uses custom 580Kv brushless motors and 15-inch carbon-fibre folding propellers, and has a folding airframe with aluminium or carbon-fibre booms and a hard ABS shell. A standard Here GNSS module is fitted, with RTK options quoted at 3 cm or better. Batteries attach through the company's PowerClip quick-change connector, payloads through a twist-lock mount, and the built-in AeroLink telemetry link is rated at over 5 km, extendable beyond 40 km with different antennas.
The AeroDrone Avian Scout packages a ready-to-fly MR4 with the Screecher sonic bird-deterrent payload, randomised flight-path planning software, AeroLink telemetry, two 8000mAh batteries, a rugged case and training, aimed at orchards and horticultural growers losing fruit to birds; named users include Somerset Park Walnuts. The AeroDrone Bolt is a DIY quadcopter frame kit with CubePilot and Pixhawk mounting interfaces and a T-Motor power package, sold for research, education, surveying and FPV builds. The company also lists AeroDrone Thunder, AeroGimbal, AeroMount payload mounts and SmartHangar, a weatherproof drone-in-a-box system with automated docking and charging over Wi-Fi or Starlink.
On the distribution side the store carries CubePilot autopilots, Here GNSS receivers and Herelink video links, plus products from LightWare, Mauch, SIYI, T-Motor, Tattu, uAvionix, RFDesign, Zubax, FrSky and others. Services listed include drone training through a CASA-certified partner, pay-as-you-fly insurance through Precision Autonomy, and maintenance and repairs.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Fifth-generation Australian-assembled quadcopter on The Cube autopilot with integrated AeroLink telemetry.
Ready-to-fly MR4 with Screecher sonic payload that flies random routes to scare birds off crops.
DIY quadcopter frame kit with CubePilot/Pixhawk interfaces for research, education and surveying builds.
Rugged two-way drone telemetry base station with a single micro USB interface.
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